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Nadja, where are you from and where do you live now?
I grew up in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. The various stops were Karl-Marx-Stadt, Wolfen-Nord and then Stollberg / Erzgebirge. Today, I live in Bielefeld, in the beautiful East Westphalia, where I found my home.
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How would you describe your artistic style?
That's not an easy question. I like my photos colorful and bright. Likewise, I like clarity and patterns. Especially in the forest but also in flowers are these to be found. With my photos, I would like to present the ordinary, as we walk past every day, in an artistic and curious way.
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What's on top of your bucket list (as an artist or just as a person)?
As an artist, I would like to see a little more of our planet. I am very interested in Northern Europe: Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Scandinavia. But I'm exclusively drawn towards nature. As a person, I would like to do a chin-up without support.
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Analogue or digital?
Digital.
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New York or remote mountain hut?
Remote mountain hut.
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Becks or Merlot?
I don’t like either. Just Water, please.
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And a little Proust: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being with my husband. Be it going for a walk around the beautiful Obersee in Bielefeld, the Teutoburg Forest or the beach of Formentera.
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Which living person do you most admire?
I admire no one in particular. But I admire people who are always calm and firmly anchored in themselves. And people who, no matter what happened to them, get up and follow their paths.
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What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
I don't know.
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What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My husband Torsten.
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If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A cat in an loving and warm home.
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The world needs more...
love.
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I’ve changed my mind about…
the institution of the Church - it's not equivalent with faith in God. After a very interesting conversation with a priest, I became more open to the topic of "having faith in something". He showed me that a man of the church does not necessarily want to force his faith on you. He asked the right questions for me, so I thought about some things that I had believed to know thus far. I too believe in something - in myself and in nature.
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What most people don't understand is that…
we only have this one planet and that it should be the most important for us to protect and preserve it.