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He/They Documentary & portrait photographer based in Mainz, Germany. Represented by www.laif.de www.thomaspirot.de

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A miner poses sideways for a black and white portrait in front of a curtained window. His silhouette is very characteristic with the bushy shape of the plume on top of his shaft hat.

A miner poses sideways for a black and white portrait in front of a curtained window. His silhouette is very characteristic with the bushy shape of the plume on top of his shaft hat.

Close-op of a miner posing for a portrait. He’s looking to his left, the direction of the soft light of the window. His silhouette is very characteristic with the bushy shape of the yellow plume on top of his shaft hat.

Close-op of a miner posing for a portrait. He’s looking to his left, the direction of the soft light of the window. His silhouette is very characteristic with the bushy shape of the yellow plume on top of his shaft hat.

Günter Felten in a mining smock, shaft hat and yellow plume. Felten worked in the Ensdorf coal mine for 35 years. He started his apprenticeship at the age of 14 and went into the mine for the first time at 16, 1.600 meters underground at 38 degrees.

For @zeit.de
Writer: Philipp Daum

20.03.2025 16:06 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Since september 2023 I have a small Ricoh GR III in my bag instead of tobacco. Once a month I share the snapshots i take with it.

@flashes.blue four images is not enough. Can we have 10 please?

04.03.2025 13:14 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Activists from the „Initiative 19. Februar“ prepare candles to commemorate the racist attacks in Hanau.

Activists from the „Initiative 19. Februar“ prepare candles to commemorate the racist attacks in Hanau.

I offer free portraits and reportage for projects, associations and initiatives that are committed to anti-fascism, equality and universal human rights, against exclusion, hatred and German conditions. I’ll travel wherever I’m asked.
Write to me by DM or e-mail
mail@thomaspirot.de

28.02.2025 13:51 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Das weiß ich nicht, ich nutze Tidal

28.02.2025 13:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Zum Glück gibt es Alternativen, die Künstler*innen fairer entlohnen und eine wesentlich höhere Qualität liefern wie z.b. Tidal oder Apple Music

28.02.2025 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trying out @flashes.blue – the images appear cropped there but they’re 4:3 here.

25.02.2025 10:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“There are no grand gestures here, no experiments, just a roadmap for stability. If you go to the butcher's museum ten times, you get a ten-euro voucher for the local butcher's shop.”

A rainy day in Böblingen for ZEIT Online

Picture editor: Andreas Prost
Writer: Livia Sarai Lergenmüller

25.02.2025 10:41 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer: "Der Blick über den Tellerrand fehlt der deutschen Politik etwas" Die frühere CDU-Vorsitzende Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wirbt für eine andere Migrationspolitik. Deutschland müsse zudem seine Interessen in der Welt offensiver vertreten.

Das zweite Treffen mit AKK in der sehr hässlichen CDU Zentrale in Saarbrücken. Diesmal ohne unentspannte Personenschützer.

11.02.2025 06:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Linker Aktivismus: "Aktivismus ist mein Leben, das ist alles" Nirgendwo leben so viele junge Menschen wie in Gießen. Aber sie wählen längst nicht mehr alle linksgrün. Warum Finn Emmerich trotzdem für linke Ideale kämpft.

Nirgendwo leben so viele junge Menschen wie in Gießen. Aber sie wählen längst nicht mehr alle linksgrün. Warum Finn Emmerich trotzdem für linke Ideale kämpft.

07.02.2025 13:26 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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fotobus-society.com

04.02.2025 22:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pay Fotobus e.V. using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/fotobussociety and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Der Fotobus ist kaputt und braucht dringend Unterstützung, damit weiterhin Studierende niederschwellig Ausflüge und Exkursionen unternehmen können.

www.paypal.com/paypalme/fot...

04.02.2025 22:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Wieso „nun“? Dua Saleh veröffentlicht seit 2018 Musik.

01.02.2025 13:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What the reporters tell us on 12 pages in the current ZEITmagazin further undermines my miserable remaining trust (if there was any) in the catholic church, the police and the judiciary.

24.01.2025 13:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In the summer of 2023, I put on latex gloves and waded knee-deep into mountains of paper, books, photo prints and household textiles in their original packaging.

24.01.2025 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sexueller Missbrauch in der Kirche: Er erbt ein Haus. Und findet die Missbrauchsbilder seines Onkels Ein katholischer Priester hinterlässt ein Haus voll mit Aufzeichnungen sexualisierter Gewalt. Sein Neffe erbt den Tatort und versucht herauszufinden, was passiert ist.


“A Catholic priest leaves behind a house full of records of sexualized violence and abuse. His nephew inherits the crime scene – and tries to find out what happened.“

24.01.2025 13:15 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Mentale Probleme: "Geht es den anderen wie mir?" Eine Influencerin, ein Tierschützer, eine Sportlerin und ein Sänger sprechen über den Moment, in dem sie erkannt haben, dass sie Hilfe brauchen.

www.zeit.de/campus/ratge...

22.01.2025 10:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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For ZEIT Campus I was asked to portray the really wonderful Bekka and we even made it onto the cover of the current (free!) mental health guide!

We met in an incredibly small music studio that was crammed with instruments and speakers, but I mainly wanted to do close-ups anyway 😅

22.01.2025 10:07 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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