The work shows a photographic journey to a visual ideal – here embodied by the bearded seaman. An imagescape of eye-twinkling, fragile romanticism takes the viewer on a quest to remote, unnamed islands and surprising encounters. A personal letter and a booklet with instructions on photojournalism offer the opportunity to a possible truth.

I –trained at Europe’s best schools for photojournalism use this work to examine my own media-influenced picture of the world. Will this stand up to the medium of photography and the associated claim to reality? Or more precisely: what is the truestory of the bearded sailor?

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Awards: Shortlist Photobook Award 2022 / Foto Wien, Finalist / Athens Photofestival 2022