Anselm KISSEL
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Leur métier peut être agréable. Ils travaillent en plein air, dans de grands cimetières et non pas dans un environnement étouffant. Mais cette part de mort dans leur profession continue de faire peur aux gens. Dans d’autres pays comme en Amérique du Sud le statut du "croque-mort" est bien mieux considéré. Ils sont respectés car ils font un travail émotionnellement compliqué. J’ai utilisé un Olympus mju2 pour réaliser cette série efficacement et capturer chacun de leur mouvement sans perdre de temps à préparer l’appareil. Toute les personnes qui apparaissent sur ces images ont donné leur accord pour la publication.
For 4 month I was joining undertakers at their work. First time my colleagues been a bit scared about getting photographed but after a few weeks it was ok for them. The profession of an undertaker has still not a good image in germany. it is a job for people who failed in their job before. They are more or less the losers in the society. As well it is very bad payed. As an Undertaker you do not talk about your job. Kind of discretion and taboo. It was very difficult to find 3 to 4 colleagues who agreed for an interview for a magazine. The job can be very nice. You work on very nice graveyards on fresh air and not hectic environment. But it is sill still the part of death in it and people are afraid of it. In other countries (south america) the position and image of an Undertaker is much better. Their getting valued to do this emotionally not easy work. I used a Olympus mju2 for this series to be very quick and do the image in the right moment and without loosing time preparing the camera. All showing people agreed for publication.
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