My childhood photos are on the other side of the world, so this one will have to do
Child Photography on / Kinderfotografie auf STRKNG
Although child photography occasionally appears on STRKNG, we generally do not support it for the well-being of the child.
Our editorial context – with a strong focus that has evolved toward portrait and nude photography – is not appropriate for this.
In addition, there is the right to self-determination: minors are usually unable to fully assess the scope, publicity, and long-term impact of such publications.
Nevertheless, we would like to make one exception.
We invite you to share historical photographs from your own childhood.
By doing so, we honor the visual language of past decades and take a gentle look at the photographic conventions of earlier times.
We are particularly interested in images that clearly carry the spirit of their era –
from carefully composed black-and-white photographs to early color snapshots and spontaneous images from later decades.
Whether formal or casual, deliberately staged or accidental: what matters is the atmosphere and the period-specific perspective.
There is nothing to win – except a bit of nostalgia and the joy of shared memories.
How to participate:
1) Create a blog post (whether the post is open for feedback comments is up to you)
2) Show photographs of yourself only
3) Use the tag “pastmemories”; the title may include an approximate time and place
We look forward to your personal time documents, which we will explore together here:
Obwohl sich gelegentlich Kinderfotografien auf STRKNG finden, unterstützen wir diese zum Wohle des Kindes grundsätzlich nicht.
Unser inhaltlicher Kontext – mit einem Schwerpunkt, der sich stark in Richtung Portrait- und Aktfotografie entwickelt hat – ist hierfür ungeeignet.
Hinzu kommt das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung: Eine minderjährige Person kann Tragweite, Öffentlichkeit und mögliche Langzeitwirkungen einer Veröffentlichung in der Regel nicht vollständig überblicken.
Eine Ausnahme möchten wir dennoch machen.
Wir laden euch ein, historische Fotografien eurer eigenen Kindheit zu zeigen.
Damit ehren wir die Bildsprache vergangener Jahrzehnte und werfen einen liebevollen Blick auf fotografische Konventionen früherer Zeiten.
Wir freuen uns besonders über Bilder, die ihre Zeit spürbar in sich tragen –
von streng komponierten Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahmen über erste farbige Momentaufnahmen bis hin zu spontanen Schnappschüssen späterer Jahrzehnte.
Ob formell oder beiläufig, sorgfältig inszeniert oder zufällig entstanden: Entscheidend ist der zeittypische Blick und die Atmosphäre der jeweiligen Epoche.
Es gibt nichts zu gewinnen – außer ein wenig Nostalgie und Freude am gemeinsamen Erinnern.
So nehmt ihr teil:
1) Blogpost erstellen (ob der Beitrag als Feedback kommentierbar ist, bleibt euch überlassen)
2) Zeigt ausschließlich Fotografien von euch selbst
3) Verwendet den Tag „pastmemories“; als Titel gerne eine ungefähre Zeit- und Ortsangabe
Wir sind gespannt auf eure persönlichen Zeitdokumente, die wir gemeinsam hier entdecken können:
Leni and me
Enthüllung
Heavy Water
I write to you from the Upper Left Corner of America, the city of Portland Oregon which is famous as a bastion of resistance to Fascism.
Today I'd like to be watching the college football game with a friend and planning for an upcoming model shoot that I've put a lot of resources into — gathering some of my favorite models for what should be a creative romp. I wanted it to be fun and whimsical and beautiful.
Instead I am watching my government threaten the world, suck the ego-dick of the Russian dictator and brutalize my fellow citizens. We cannot tolerate it. We ARE NOT tolerating it. In Minneapolis there are cars in the roads that have been rammed by masked men, windows broken, occupants taken. My friends there say that the signs of disappearance are everywhere. Teargas thrown at any group of people on the street. Flash-bang grenades tossed at children.
The men doing this are afraid. They are afraid of beauty and engagement and difference and life. They are afraid of art and skin color and music. They are afraid of women. They are afraid of us. This isn't just one man, I'm afraid. It's a collection of malevolent souls that each have their own hatreds and fears and jealousies. It is a slithering-together of every evil thing sensing their own kind. On the bright side, we know where they are now.
America has lived with this. Slavery, Jim Crow, the Yellow Peril. We hated the Irish, the Italians and Catholics in general. We hated Asians, Mexicans and Pakistanis. But I am now 60 years old and I grew up believing that our hatred was waning and we were learning to move past our fear. And by my count, THAT is the attitude of MOST of my fellow Americans. We are not afraid of difference. We are not afraid that accepting gays will make us gay. We are not afraid that hearing another point of view will destroy our own. We are not afraid to love our neighbor and do what is necessary to protect them.
We are not afraid of our government.
So to the rest of the world. Sorry. We're going to have to reset the country and it's gonna be hard. But stick with us. We're going to win. These evil bastards are going to lose. Don't give up on us.
R.I.P. Debi Lo
STRKNG – Editors' Selection – #85
100 striking images · 2024-11-07 – 2025-01-01
Cover
»portrait of a lady« © Laura Daddabbo
Contributors
achim katzberg· agata rutkova· andrew w pilling· anna sereno· anton_plotnik_off· artin darvishi· artsy af photography· belapho· benedikt ernst· carpe lucem· cathy raynaud· christian drost· christian meier· claudy b.· davalphoto· dave mack· dietmar sebastian fischer· dietmar walther· dmitrii solodukhin· dovileparis· emerika· ericpoissonphotographe· erikgigengack· foxy violet· frank buttenbender· frank gerhold· frankpfeifferphoto· frida nacktigall· hady· hamidreza sheikhmorteza· helmut boden· henning bruns· hutch crane· imar· jacky-fotos· jan de vries· johann müller· kai klostermann· latelier· laura daddabbo· lennart schwirtz· lichtmichl· lilith terra· luc gasparet· maksim gaganov· marc gaillot· mare art fotografie· matthias petz (mp_kunst)· max sammet· mehdi mokhtari· michael hemingway· michał magdziak· mihaela-ramona· miiy· minh-ly· monospex· morteza khobzi· mory_net· narkildo· nicholas freeman· noa_the_model· oculus foto· peter ivan· peter kächele· peter meyer· peter pape· photobooth portraits· rahel van der meer· rapha nook· reik schubert· rensen· santo martinez· sarah· sepide fakhar· simone conti· sk.photo· theseaswell· thomas gauck· thomas ruppel· thomas strauss photography· toti suarez· unfassbar_lieb2.0· veronika's blickwinkel· ROB'S FOTOALBUM
Teilnehmer: Fotografin Laura Daddabbo
Plural
"Paternoster281218" is one of a series of images included in the online exhibition "Plural" at Cambridge Photography Gallery from January 25.
https://www.cambridgephotographygallery.com/
How to remain
Black Feathers, Golden Skin
Between shadow and ember, the body becomes a landscape.
Black feathers cut through the light, brushing skin like a quiet ritual.
A gaze appears, then vanishes again, as if something ancient briefly breathes.
These images speak of transformation, of protection, and of closeness to darkness—
not as a threat, but as a shelter.









