Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/-The-Abyss-That-Was-Once-Home----Photo-Exhibition-in-Germany-27MDHUUQHJO.htmlConceptually similar"The Abyss That Was Once Home" - Photo Exhibition in GermanyGP1SUABSCompleted★★★★★★"The Abyss That Was Once Home" - Photo Exhibition in GermanyGP1SUABUCompleted★★★★"The Abyss That Was Once Home" - Photo Exhibition in GermanyGP1SUABVCompleted★★★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNMCompleted★★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNNCompleted★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNOCompleted★★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNPCompleted★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNQCompleted★★★★Photo Exhibition in Cologne on the Rhenish Lignite Mining AreaGP1SUDNRCompleted★★★★View AllGP1SUABT"The Abyss That Was Once Home" - Photo Exhibition in GermanySuddenly the photographer Jordis A. Schloesser stood in front of one of the last inhabitants of Etzweiler, ironing outside the closed church on a beautiful Sunday.This is one of the images from "The Abyss That Was Once Home" photo exhibition by photographer Jordis Schlösser, made in collaboration with Greenpeace Germany.In original language:Pressefotos zur Greenpeace Ausstellung von Jordis Schloesser20 weitere Jahre will der RWE-Konzern im Rheinischen Braunkohlerevier Doerfer abbaggern, Menschen gegen ihren Willen umsiedeln und ganze Landstriche verwuesten. Eine Katastrophe - fuer Klima, Natur und die Menschen in den bedrohten Ortschaften Keyenberg, Kuckum, Ober- und Unterwestrich und Berverath. Doch der Widerstand waechst. Die Fotografin Jordis A. Schloesser kennt das rheinische Braunkohlerevier seit ihrer Kindheit. Immer wieder kehrte sie zurueck an die Gruben, Kraftwerke und Doerfer in der Region. Indem sie Bildern aus den Jahren 2002 und 2019 gegenueber stellt, lenkt sie den Blick auf die Menschen, die durch die Ausdehnung des Tagebaus ihre Heimat verlieren und auf den zunehmenden Widerstand gegen den Energiekonzern RWE. In Kooperation mit Greenpeace macht die Wanderausstellung “Der Abgrund, der mal Heimat war” in ueber 20 deutschen Staedten halt.Zu sehen:August 2002: Ploetzlich stand die Fotografin Jordis A. Schloesser vor einer der letzten Bewohnerinnen von Etzweiler, die an einem schoenen Sonntag draußen vor der stillgelegten Kirche buegelte.Locations:Garzweiler-GermanyDate:1 Aug, 2002Credit:© Jordis Schlösser / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5815px X 3852pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-People-Rheinisch-Westfalische Elektrizitetswerke AG (RWE)Shoot:"The Abyss That Was Once Home" Exhibition in Germany (by Jordis Schloesser) Photos for the PressFor the next 20 years, the RWE Group plans to continue dredging in the Rhenish lignite mining area of Doerfer, resettle people against their will and devastate entire areas of land. A disaster - for the climate, nature and people in the threatened villages of Keyenberg, Kuckum, Ober- und Unterwestrich and Berverath. But the resistance is growing. The photographer Jordis A. Schloesser knows the Rhenish brown coal area since her childhood. She returned again and again to the mines, power stations and villages in the region. By juxtaposing pictures from 2002 and 2019, she draws attention to the people who are losing their homes due to the expansion of the open-cast mine and to the growing resistance to the energy company RWE. In cooperation with Greenpeace Germany, the touring exhibition "The Abyss That Was Once Home" stops in over 20 German cities.
