Collected Works

Catch me if you can (2024)

The documentary series "Catch Me If You Can" is about the Wrestling subculture in Berlin. In the center of the series are the protagonists, who ‘transform' into their Gimmik for each show and offer an entertaining and energetic spectacle for their audience.

Escape from the city

About daydreaming and the poetry of longing. Saudade.

Was ich nicht sage (What I don't say)

Twelve people, twelve stories, twelve fears.

In our current increasingly complex world, it is not uncommon that people feel threatened or develop fears. Sometimes this fear takes a choking hold. Sometimes it hides itself and appears again in totally different situations. Sometimes its source lies in a real threat and sometimes its root is psychological. As different as the twelve people whom I have accompanied, are from one another, are the stories behind their fears.

Tage dazwischen / (Days in Between)

"Days in Between" is about artists who suffer from mental diseases. The days of depression and emptiness lay like a veil over their art and often put a complete block on their creativity.

Schachmatt (2024)

The documentary series "Schachmatt" tells the story of young asian men ,who are passionated Muay Thai fighters. I shot this series in different locations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai,Thailand. It's an ongoing project.

Amazonia

Since I visited the Amazon for the first time in 2018, I have been coming back to this region regularly. I got to know the locals and lived in small communities in the middle of the rainforest. It is shocking how much the region has changed and what traces deforestation has left behind.

Varanasi - The city of the happy death

Varanasi. The smell of death hangs over this city. You can smell it as soon as you leave the airport. It is both - fascinating and a little frightening to walk past the "gats" with your camera. People believe that Varanasi is a holy city. And that the Ganges, into which the ashes of the cremated dead bodies are thrown, is a holy river whose bath is the most beautiful thing you can do in your lifetime. Varanasi is loud and colorful. Full of music and happy people. The locals I met here told me that they love their city and that there is no place in the world which is more beautiful than Varanasi.

Waiting for the rain (2019)

Cape Verde is one of the driest countries in the world. The last time it rained on some of the islands was many years ago. Nevertheless, people are extremely confident. “Maybe it will rain tomorrow,” they say with a shrug.

Svenja Wiese