Nadja Wohlleben

Independent Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer, Cultural Anthropologist

www.nadjawohlleben.com

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Location: Berlin, Germany

Nationality: German

Biography: NADJA WOHLLEBEN is an award-winning photojournalist based in Berlin, Germany. In her documentary work, she focusses on women, identity and human rights. Nadja is specifically interested in stories about women warriors. Since 2017, she has been... read on

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'Affinity'. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Infatuation'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Heart. Mind'. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Yearning'. Portrait of my ex partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Alienation'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Estrangement'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Face difficult situations'. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Vertigo'. Self Portrait. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Acceptance'. Self Portrait. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Breach'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Rejection'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Faded'. Self Portrait. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Anguish'. Portrait of my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Absorbtion'. Self Portrait with my ex-partner. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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'Let it burn'. Berlin, GERMANY, January 2016.

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'Escape'. Dubai, UAE, March 2014.

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HeartCore

Credits: nadja wohlleben

Date of Work: 03/09/14 - 01/09/16

Updated: 02/01/17

Location: Dubai, UAE

Archived as: Abandonment, Abstract, Abuse, Candid, Conceptual, Confrontation, Desert, Domestic Violence, Editorial, Emotion, Erotic, Fear, Fine Art, Freedom, Friends + Family, Isolation, Loss, Love, Personal, Photography, Portraiture, Sexuality, Sorrow, Yearning

HeartCore
(2014)

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Love, the most brutal and the most beautiful feeling, is an eternal mystery. ‚HeartCore‘ is a series of conceptual self-portraits and portraits with my ex-partner, illustrating the range of ambiguous emotions I experienced in our relationship: from happiness to sadness, passion to rejection, tenderness to aggression. ‘HeartCore‘ is a visual diary that helped me to forgive, heal, let go of the past, and move on.

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By Nadja Wohlleben — Commissioned by Der Spiegel, Stern, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Financial Times, ZEIT Online, Neues..

Jan 20, 2021

SHOSHO JIKINGE - Grandmothers in Nairobi's slums fight off rapists

By Nadja Wohlleben / Nairobi, Kenya — SHOSHO JIKINGE (Grandmother defend yourself) Grandmothers in Nairobi’s townships fight off rapists..

Jan 20, 2021

Illegal raves Berlin during COVID-19 pandemic for STERN MAGAZINE

By Nadja Wohlleben / Berlin, Germany — Illegal Raves in Berlin during the Covid-19 pandemic Commissioned by STERN MAGAZINE in August 2020 Despite..

Jan 15, 2021

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By Nadja Wohlleben — SPORTWAGEN CLUB e.V. Commissioned by Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2020) Driving expensive cars with no..

Jan 15, 2021

a l o n e TOGETHER

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Jan 15, 2021

ZEINA NASSAR - German Featherweight Boxing Champion

By Nadja Wohlleben / Berlin, germany — ZEINA NASSAR German Featherweight Boxing Champion (2018 - work in progress) Zeina Nassar, 23, is the..

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A SWORD & A SARI

By Nadja Wohlleben / Vatakara,kerala, India — A SWORD & A SARI (2017) Meenakshi Raghavan ‘Gurukkhal’, 76, has been training the ancient..

Jul 23, 2018

92

By Nadja Wohlleben / Bedburg, Germany — 92 - Helga's Disappearance (2015) My grandmother, Helga von Randow, was 92 years old when she was..

Jan 15, 2018

Street Workout Barcelona

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Feb 1, 2017

Displaced - Syrian Refugees in Lebanon for HUMEDICA

By Nadja Wohlleben / Bekaa Valley, Lebanon — Displaced - Syrian Refugees in Lebanon for HUMEDICA, 2014 The Syrian civil war is the greatest humanitarian..

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