Friday, August 28, 2009

German Trailer Park Photographs By Germany's Photography Guest Of The Week Gordon Welters Now On Gaia Photos


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Germany: Alternative Lives On Wheels

"Eight people, six dogs, seven cats, three pigs, the sheep Pauline and Mrs. Krause, two goats, two guinea pigs, the rabbit Erika and five chickens with one cock live together in the trailer park."

So begins a photo story by Gordon Welters about an alternative lifestyle in a German trailer park.

Photojournalist Gordon Welters visited the German town of Potsdam after the community formed following eviction from an inner city site, and photos of the colorful trailers and the vibrant people who occupy them are now appearing in Gordon Welters' photo essay, Germany: Alternative Lives On Wheels at Gaia Photos, a new international photography source comprised of 49 photojournalists from around the world whose mission is to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.

Born in East Germany in 1974, freelance photojournalist Gordon Welters has been working as a freelance editorial and reportage photographer since 1998. He's worked with NGOs such as Christian Aid and Attac as well as corporate clients that include KPMG, Deutsche Post and Tchibo.

A former student of photojournalism at the London College of Communication, Gordon has organized photo workshops and served as a juror for various photo awards in Germany and the United States.

Gordon Welters' photography has been published in national and international magazines and newspapers such as GEO, Stern, Der Spiegel, Newsweek and The Sunday Telegraph while his photography assignments have taken him from Russia, Kazakhstan and Indonesia, to Cuba and several European countries.

Since 2006, Gordon Welters has been represented by laif and he's currently based in Berlin, Germany.

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