WINNERS

Disturbing Domestic Peace

  • Photographer
    Carsten Horn, Germany
  • Prize
    Silver Winner in Photojournalism/Photo Essay

In Berlin, flats are being bought, refurbished and sold on as investment properties. Large profits are to be expected. Rents are rising and the tenant structure of entire neighbourhoods is changing. After the house I live in with my family was sold, I started photographing the building. My fascination with the patina of the surfaces quickly gave way to capturing the building's transformation. Noise and dirt regularly permeate our daily lives. Tenants with long-term contracts have become a disruptive factor. My children are growing up with the feeling that their home is not safe.