From the Periphery. A Photographic Approach to the City of Braunschweig, Germany

Abstract

The paper introduces a photographic approach to the topics of housing projects and automobile –friendliness as perceived in an average German city. The photographic series From the Periphery explores not only multiple layers of peripherization within the urban fabric but also the onlookers’ perspective that differs according to the chosen mode of transportation. Interweaving the underlying photographic concept of artistic documentary –chosen to provide the viewers a specific visuality of urban constellations– with the urban condition and photography theory the paper explores the visual access to specific urban aspects. Taking preliminary decision –making and work on location into account, the paper provides a profound insight into a photographer’s mode of operation within the urban sphere.