Water, in abundance or in scarcity, is the central theme of Uncertain Homelands. The project investigates the repercussions of climate change around the world, focusing on Indonesia, Namibia, and Germany. Through a combination of landscape photography with the drone, intimate portraits of people affected by the anthropogenic climate change, and interviews, a layered body of work is created that thoughtfully engages with global interconnectivity and the mutual influence of water systems.
The uncertainty lies in the question how our lives will change as a result of climate change. The photographs intricately unravel the complexity of this question and show how intertwined individual biographies, global water systems, and climate policy are, how they influence each other, and how everything is part of a cycle. Uncertain Homelands is a story about the threat to our familiar way of life, but also about the resilience and diverse adaptation strategies that people use to counter it.
The book
230 × 320 mm
308 pages
English (with German translations)
Swiss-bound hardcover
Designer: Sybren Kuiper, www.syb-photobooks.com/
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection, www.eriskayconnection.com/uncertain-homelands/
ISBN 9789083357188
With essays by Fred Hattermann (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK), Rosa-Stella Mbulu (Gobabeb TRC), Bruno Merz (German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ), Sapariah Saturi (Mongabay Indonesia), and Christiane Stahl (Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation), as well as excerpts from a fairy tale by Theodor Storm, theories by Svante Arrhenius and data from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
Solo Exhibition
“Uncertain Homelands”, CLB Berlin, Germany
“Uncertain Homelands”, Haus am Kleistpark, Project Space, Berlin, Germany
33 images: 45 x 60 cm Fine Art Print Hahnemühle, laminated on cardboard honeycomb panel
16 images: 105 x 157 cm Fine Art Print Youtac Textile
Booklet german and englisch
Group Exhibition
“Radical Hospitality”, India Art Fair 2024, India
Grants & Awards
German Photo Book Prize 24/25; Category Documentary Photography; Silver Medal
Foundation Kulturwerk VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Publication Funding
Foundation Kulturwerk VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Project Funding
Crossing Borders, Robert Bosch Foundation in Cooperation with Literarisches Colloquium Berlin