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Espinho

Robert Schlotter — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:24:59 +0000

Some years ago, while sitting on a train in Portugal, Vincen Beeckman stumbled upon the town of Espinho and it’s fishermen’s quarter, a self-contained area of the city consisting of twenty streets at the most.
Espinho was once home to a large fish-canning factory, the de Fábrica Brandão, Gomes & Cª, established in 1894 by two pairs of brothers from the local area. The fishermen of Espinho had a loyal client in the brothers Brandão & Gomes. At its peak, this company employed no fewer than 400 people – including children.
With the introduction of huge industrial fishing vessels, floating factories, coming mainly from neighbouring Spain, little was left for the fishermen of Espinho to fish. The coastal factory has been closed for decades. Only two ships of the local fishing fleet still navigate the currents of the Atlantic. Espinho’s fishermen still catch their fish using the ancient Xávega method (also known as xávena), whereby small wooden boats go out to sea to cast baited nets, that are later hauled in from shore.
After his first encounter, Beeckman frequently returned to the fishing quarter for a number of weeks each year, to photograph this vanishing world. With this publication, launched together with Espinho’s community, Vincen Beeckman pays homage to an era that is about to come to an end.

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To Meena, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India — Collectors Edition

Robert Schlotter — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 12:20:22 +0000

“I met Meena in 2006 when I first visited Mumbai. We chatted and took a picture. Back in Germany, I sent her our photo: To Meena, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India. The letter actually reached the homeless family. That was the beginning of our close friendship, which has now lasted 13 years. Together with Meena, an unusual woman full of energy and warmth, this book was created about her, us and her family.“ — Helena Schätzle

A colorful, lively book about a woman full of contagious soulfulness and love. Meena’s life story: with notes from her diary and photographs by Helena Schätzle.

Read an article (in German language) about To Meena, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India in Chrismon Magazine.

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To Meena, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India

Robert Schlotter — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 07:28:11 +0000

A colorful, lively book about a woman full of contagious soulfulness and love. Meena’s life story: with notes from her diary and photographs by Helena Schätzle.

Read an article (in German language) about To Meena, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India in Chrismon Magazine.

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Paul / Paweł

Robert Schlotter — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:25:04 +0000

Based on his own photographs as well as on family album treasures, Paul Koncewicz enfolds in PAUL/PAWEŁ his own family ties and gives us an unembellished, sensitive and empathetic insight into the everyday life of his binational family circle.

The German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT writes about his publication:
“Photographer Paul Koncewicz takes the psychological term “family constellation” literally by working through his biography with PAUL/PAWEŁ: As a child of divorce, he moved to Germany with his mother while his father stayed in Poland.
Koncewicz later met his biological father as a student and began to photograph him both alone and together with him, just as he was already doing with his family in Germany; his archive of images of a constructed family history has been growing steadily ever since.
By retroactively depicting supposedly everyday scenes of family interaction, Koncewicz goes in search of his childhood, which despite all the breaks serves as an imaginary setting for points of contact.“

A strong publication — a strong family portrait that reveals something amazing: Two separate and at the same time united families, different and yet similar.

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