Behind the Scenes: Last Paradise

“The degree of the destruction and exploitation of nature I found when working on earlier photo projects already shocked me. Then I got the idea that a stuffed animal might be a suitable metaphor for this. In my mind I saw the religious paintings from the Baroque era, where saints and martyrs were depicted surrounded by flowers. Instead of saints I used stuffed animals that I arranged among real plants. I made numerous sketches beforehand – my roots are in painting, and these sketches explain the approach to my work better than a thousand words.

It's very important to me that my series is now being seen in Zingst. It's a festival that has committed itself completely to nature – that's unique. My themes will be able to reach a wide public there!”