We want a free Sport !

For older people, physical exercise is associated with effort and mindfulness. That is what my pictures express. Everyone in the group has the goal of becoming more flexible and mobile. For them, sport is a means of self-help and an opportunity to integrate community, exchange and friendship into their lives.

Between 2005 and 2006, I spent a year photographing several groups of people over the age of 70. Each group had its own sporting activities. The club they belonged to had reserved sports halls at the University of Leipzig and lanes at the Elster sports pool.

The photo series won the honourable mention at the VDEK Insurance photo competition 2016
‘WAS KANN SELBSTHILFE?’ (What can self-help do?).