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© Chloé McLennan

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“I have been taking photos for several years, it started as a hobby, but has turned into a way of capturing the people I love. Part of my technique is taking very close proximity photos. I adore the details of people and their expressions. It seems like the most wonderful thing to be able to show how unique and beautiful people are.”

Chloé McLennan is a student in the U.S about to finish her second degree in motion design at Cornish College of the Arts. She was born in 1983 and has spent most of her life traveling. She hopes to continue the trend and allow her life to stay open to more travel and doing what she loves.

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© Marco Fieber

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“These are editors from to4ka-treff, a Russian-German youth network. The photos were taken within ten minutes on a staircase during a coffee break – we wanted to put faces next to the arcticles on the website. There were many people around, and we had little time. At the same time, it was a very relaxed atmosphere. I like spontaneous, simple or improvised shootings, that is how I take most of my pictures. I specialize in street and documentary photography.”

Marco Fieber, born 1985, studies political science and Caucasian in Jena. He works for print and online media. On his website unblogbar.org you can see photos from Chernobyl and Russian room parties.

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© Lucas Wahl

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„Saltu and his wife Parameswory became blind in their childhood. Parameswory’s mother tried to scratch an infection out of her eye using the prickly piece of a pumpkin skin when her eyeballs burst. Their parents set up an arranged marriage for both of them. They live in a squatter settlement in central Kathmandu, Nepal. Begging is their only income and is mostly done by Parameswory. She often carries her baby Manjila with her to gain more profit – less than a dollar a day. This money has to be enough to sustain the household.“

Lucas Wahl was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1984. He focuses on social issues and daily life stories that he photographs with his panoramic camera. Wahl is member of Kollektiv 25.

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© Andy Spyra

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„Although it was my first time in Palestine I immediately felt familar with the prevailing situation: Soldiers, weapons, checkpoints, raids, oppression, frustration and the invisible presence of this thin layer of fear that hovers over everday life of the palestinian people – all this led to the same feeling of helplessness as in Kashmir. But still, the Westbank is a visually and emotionally interesting place full of diversity and energy where history is still being written.“

Andy Spyra, born 1984, works as a freelance photographer. His Kashmir series „Valley of Tears“ has been awarded multiple prizes. Flare already published his Report from a crisis region: A bloody day in Kashmir and the interview „Mut, an die eigenen Geschichten zu glauben“ (in German language). Watch more pictures on andyspyra.com.

First I had taken only one portrait for another series. I was hooked and started to portray other dancers. Meanwhile, I accompanied some of them outside of the shows with the camera. The set is work in progress will probably be finished at the end of the year. ”

Henning Kretschmer, born 1985, studies communication design at the HAW Hamburg.

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© Christine Miertsch

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“… for a photograph, which may be more than the presentation of supposed realities. After all, ‘The aim of art is to give us a sense of the thing, a feeling, seeing and not only is recognition. “(Viktor Shklovsky)”

Christine Miertsch, 27, studies Art and French in Bremen. The series Dorathea is part of her thesis.

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© Robert Schleder

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“The pictures are a small selection from a work on parked cars in urban areas, which I photograph since 2005.”

Robert Schleder, 27, studies photography at the HGB Leipzig.