Overview participating exhibitions
Land
2010
Land
Katharina Hesse
DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
Although seventy percent of Papua New Guinea is still covered with rain forest, in recent years various environmental organisations have been sounding the alarm. Two percent of the forest has been cleared, with more due to be cut. In the longer term that is a problem for the local population, but even more so for the unique flora and fauna. Deforestation leads to a decline in biodiversity, and the construction of roads to fragmentation of the natural habitat. It leads to a greater chance of droughts and forest fires, climate changes and decline in natural water purification. Commercial lumbering is not the only cause of the deforestation. Around villages the gathering of firewood and the creation of pasturage plays a role. Often villagers give permission for cutting trees after they are promised large sums of money, but are never paid. Katharina Hesse travelled to Papua New Guinea and photographed the local population in their increasingly barren surroundings.
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DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
Although seventy percent of Papua New Guinea is still covered with rain forest, in recent years various environmental organisations have been sounding the alarm. Two percent of the forest has been cleared, with more due to be cut. In the longer term that is a problem for the local population, but even more so for the unique flora and fauna. Deforestation leads to a decline in biodiversity, and the construction of roads to fragmentation of the natural habitat. It leads to a greater chance of droughts and forest fires, climate changes and decline in natural water purification. Commercial lumbering is not the only cause of the deforestation. Around villages the gathering of firewood and the creation of pasturage plays a role. Often villagers give permission for cutting trees after they are promised large sums of money, but are never paid. Katharina Hesse travelled to Papua New Guinea and photographed the local population in their increasingly barren surroundings.
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DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
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DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
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DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
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DEFORESTATION IN PAPUA (Papua New Guinea, 2009)
The Pursuit of Happiness
2009
The Pursuit of Happiness
Katharina Hesse
HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS (2007-2009)
An ambiguous picture of the prostitution industry in Thailand, where women are not just victims.
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HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS (2007-2009)
An ambiguous picture of the prostitution industry in Thailand, where women are not just victims.
Summer of Love
2009
Summer of Love
Katharina Hesse
HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS
A different picture of the prostitution industry in Bangkok, Thailand. Hesse followed a number of women outside working hours and interviewed then extensively about their lives and their background, their choices and their motives. It appeared very much the question whether our Western image - women as powerless victims of the Eastern sex industry - can be maintained.
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HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS
A different picture of the prostitution industry in Bangkok, Thailand. Hesse followed a number of women outside working hours and interviewed then extensively about their lives and their background, their choices and their motives. It appeared very much the question whether our Western image - women as powerless victims of the Eastern sex industry - can be maintained.
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HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS
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HUMAN NEGOTIATIONS
Biography
Katharina Hesse (Germany, 1966) studied Sinology and Japanology at the Institut National des Langues et Civilizations Orientales in Paris and is one of the few accredited foreign photographers in China. She began her career with German television and was a freelancer for Newsweek between 1996 and 2002. Her photos have been published in Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and The Wall Street Journal, among other places. Hesse's work on sex tourism in Thailand was previously to be seen in the Noorderlicht Photogallery.
