James Nachtwey. Memoria
The retrospective "Memoria" at Fotografiska Berlin opens up spaces, times, and perspectives. James Nachtwey's work showcases four decades of documentary photography – and the question of what it means to bear witness.
This category documents photographic exhibitions from recent years and those currently running – both our own projects and those by other artists – through reports and reviews. The articles demonstrate how photographic themes are presented in a space and what curatorial decisions underlie them.
Information about specific exhibition projects can be found primarily in nos.PHOTOMENTA as well as in the sections Wandering shepherd, Grinder and tide.
The retrospective "Memoria" at Fotografiska Berlin opens up spaces, times, and perspectives. James Nachtwey's work showcases four decades of documentary photography – and the question of what it means to bear witness.
The touring exhibition "Nomads of Our Time" is being shown for the first time outside of Schleswig-Holstein – at the newly redesigned Prehistoric Centre in Wildeshausen. The photographs depict four nomadic sheep farms in northern Germany and connect an ancient craft with a place that itself tells of the millennia-old relationship between humans, animals, and the landscape.
A focused look at urban structures: Peter Rathmann's exhibition "cityscapes rendsburg-berlin" reveals quiet, often overlooked layers of urban spaces in Rendsburg, Berlin, and other cities. Precisely composed photographs make visible how urban spaces are shaped by lines, transitions, and atmospheres.
A look back at the major Steve McCurry retrospective in 2009 at the Schleswig City Museum, supplemented by my article from the SHZ Journal at the time and documentary photographs from that period.
A new permanent gallery has been opened in the Kiel Ministry of the Environment: 16 pictures from my series about the last fishermen of Holm and the “nomads of our time” – the migratory sheep farmers in Schleswig-Holstein.
"Promotion": After its stop on Sylt, the touring exhibition "Nomads of Our Time. Wandering Sheep Farms in Schleswig-Holstein" will be shown on the Bungsberg, the highest point in the state, until December 14, 2025.
On view at nos.FOTOMENTA Schleswig until October 30, 2025: the exhibition “At the mercy of the tides” with Wadden Sea photographs by Martin Stock.
The winning images of the “European Nature Photographer of the Year 22” competition can be seen at the Schleswig City Museum until June 2025, 2024.
“At the mercy of the tides” – the exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park with photographs by Martin Stock at nos.FOTOMENTA.
Exhibition “Yellowstone in Winter” in the Schleswig City Museum: During a guided tour on March 15, 2025, Holger Rüdel explains the challenges of the project and the photographic technique under the extreme winter conditions.
“Going Up The Country”: From February 13 to March 23, 2025, the Gallery for Photography (GAF) in Hanover will be showing the USA portfolio of the photo artist Peter Rathmann for the first time – the image results of a road trip through 34 states of the country.
The exhibition “Nomads of our time. Travelling sheep farms in Schleswig-Holstein” with photographs by Holger Rüdel can be seen from February 13 to July 20, 2025 at the Sylt Museum in Keitum.