nachhaltigkeit und wachstum
sustainability and growth

ein seltener gast. ein distelfalter sitzt auf der blüte einer aster / a rare guest. a thistle butterfly sits on the flower of an aster

sonnenfeld … mit der natur leben – living with nature

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reventlou-schule bei mittsommer abendlicht / at midsummer evening light

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Margret und Walter pflanzen Porree / Margret and Walter, planting leeks 2006 // High noon. The sun was burning our brains. We were thirsty and hungry.
I remember the church bells and the situation I was in. I had been photographing Margret and Walter for years. Starting in 1998 I visited them on their land and took photographs. We became friends.
I liked the engaging and loving way in which they approached the daily chores of farming. They could have spent their sunset years in an armchair, but that would have been too boring for them. Here, in the Ruhr Vally, on the outskirts of Essen and Mülheim, Germany, they wanted to establish an ecological haven.
It was the summer of 2006. My photographic selection had already been completed. Over the years I took approx. 600 rolls of 6x7 negative Film. An exhibition at the Odense Fototriennale in Oktober was ahead. I was printing the exhibition photographs in the darkroom but I continued to visit them from time to time on their beautiful acres of land. I still planned to take a current double portrait.
The situation was somehow bizarre. Burning heat. Walter wanted to go home for lunch but Margret said "no, first we plant these leeks". Due to the heat I also argued to take a break and continue later in the afternoon. But Margret had made the decision and they continued to bed 'out the plants. That was good for me. I had my Makina on the tripod and watched them. I focused on the core of the situation. Two seniors working like hell in the field. I intuitively felt that I did the ultimate portrait of them. The photograph is the cover picture of my book "The Good Earth" published by Peperoni Books in 2013 - ISBN: 978-3-941825-50-5. - It was a great pleasure to hand out the book to Margret and Walter.
© Text and Photograph : Andreas Weinand

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