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GROWN UP

THE PARTY IS OVER!

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(Conceptual image series of 13 staged photographs, 2016)

Pressure to perform, uncertainty of the future, lack of prospects – when young people grow up in the western world nowadays, the anxieties, of which they were given a foretaste in school, continue on an even larger scale afterwards. Policies, economy and society overload and crush the adolescents with their demands and outlined negative scenarios. Being (or pretending to be) happy on the surface, many of them struggle with fears about the unforeseeable future on the inside.

Based on this observation, the image series at hand tries to visualise the experience of young adults by means of staged symbolic photographs. Both the feeling of hopelessness and the comprehensible wish for light-heartedness is depicted in a pointed manner.

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GROWN UP (1/13) - THE HEADSHOT

2 WHEN WORDS DISPERE WATER

Grown Up (1/12) - When Words Disperse Water

GROWN UP (2/13) - WHEN WORDS DISPERSE WATER

3 THE FIZZ IS GONE

Grown Up (2/12) - See The Light

GROWN UP (3/13) - SEE THE LIGHT

4 CAN I BACK OUT?

Grown Up (4/12) - Can I Back Out?

GROWN UP (4/13) - CAN I BACK OUT?

5 NO SWING, NO TANGO!

Grown Up (5/12) - No Swing, No Tango!

GROWN UP (5/13) - NO SWING, NO TANGO!

6 FAIRYTALE SHACK IS CLOSED

Grown Up (6/12) - Fairytale Shack Is Closed

GROWN UP (6/13) - FAIRYTALE SHACK IS CLOSED

7 HELLO, ANYBODY THERE?

Grown Up (7/12) - Hello, Anybody There?

GROWN UP (7/13) - HELLO, ANYBODY THERE?

8 KEEP DANCING - IT'S WORTH A TRY!

Grown Up (8/12) - Keep Dancing - It's Worth A Try!

GROWN UP (8/13) - KEEP DANCING - IT'S WORTH A TRY!

9 THE RESIGNATION

Grown Up (9/12) - The Resignation

GROWN UP (9/13) - THE RESIGNATION

Grown Up (10/12) - Racing Dive

GROWN UP (10/13) - RACING DIVE

11 DOWN-TO-EARTH

GROWN UP (11/12) - Down-To-Earth

GROWN UP (11/13) - DOWN-TO-EARTH

12 PROSPECTS - STARE INTO THE FUTURE I

Grown Up (11/12) - Down-To-Earth

GROWN UP (12/13) - PROSPECTS - STARE INTO THE FUTURE I

13 PROSPECTS - STARE INTO THE FUTURE II

Grown Up (12/12) - Prospects - Stare Into The Future

GROWN UP (13/13) - PROSPECTS - STARE INTO THE FUTURE II

GROWN UP

THE PARTY IS OVER!

(Conceptual image series of 13 staged photographs, 2016)

Pressure to perform, uncertainty of the future, lack of prospects – when young people grow up in the western world nowadays, the anxieties, of which they were given a foretaste in school, continue on an even larger scale afterwards. Policies, economy and society overload and crush the adolescents with their demands and outlined negative scenarios. Being (or pretending to be) happy on the surface, many of them struggle with fears about the unforeseeable future on the inside.

Based on this observation, the image series at hand tries to visualise the experience of young adults by means of staged symbolic photographs. Both the feeling of hopelessness and the comprehensible wish for light-heartedness is depicted in a pointed manner.

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