Blickwinkel – Fotoworkshop mit Mark Mühlhaus

From June 11 to 14, 2026 (consecutive dates, not individually), the Porta Westfalica Concentration Camp Memorial and Documentation Site and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, in cooperation with the VHS Minden - Bad Oeynhausen, are offering the photo workshop Blickwinkel with photographer Mark Mühlhaus. The workshop will be accompanied by Ulrike Jensen (Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial) and Thomas Lange (Porta Westfalica Concentration Camp Memorial and Documentation Site

For many years, workshops with Mark Mühlhaus at various concentration camp memorials (including Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Neuengamme and the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center) have opened up new perspectives on the history of Nazi camps. The aim of the workshop in Porta Westfalica is to learn manual photography with digital SLR cameras and to explore the history of the satellite camps at Porta Westfalica by searching for their own motifs, as well as to find a personal approach to the locations and the topic. At the end of the workshop, a selection of images will be made for an exhibition.

Mark Mühlhaus focuses on telling stories with images He has been working for many years on racism and neo-fascism, commemorative politics, educational work and responsibility in relation to National Socialism. In 2002, he co-founded the collective attenzione photographers. For 25 years, he has been taking portraits of concentration camp survivors and subsequent generations at the sites of Nazi crimes.

The conditions of participation:

• At least 18 years of age
• Travel and any accommodation required must be organized independently
• Pictures taken during the seminar may be used free of charge by the organizing memorial sites.
• A large part of the event will take place outside. Some of the sites can only be reached on foot. Clothing suitable for the weather and sturdy shoes are required
• The temperature in the tunnel is 8-10 degrees all year round and the humidity is very high. The above clothing advice also applies here. The visitor regulations of the gallery must be observed
• A digital SLR or system camera with a reasonably fast  standard lens (e.g. 17 - 70mm, f/2.8) is a prerequisite for meaningful participation. If you do not have your own camera, this can be provided for a fee if necessary.