Summer Break Special: Zoological!

A day at the zoo always feels like being in a hidden object picture – only three-dimensional. On one side of the fences are animals of all colors, shapes and sizes, on the other are people in all their diversity and colorfulness. Here it is particularly exciting to go stalking with your camera and hunt for special motifs. 

Observation skills are needed and you are invited to capture your very special moments and motifs through the lens of a digital camera: is it the fur or even an eye or ear of your favorite animal? Or are there particularly bright colors at the ice cream stand, unusual hats worn by visitors or does the architecture of an enclosure catch your eye? Perhaps there are also interesting stories in the enclosures – or even more interesting events in front of them? No matter what you discover and capture with your camera, you will return to C/O Berlin with your photographic impressions in your luggage, where you can view the collected material together and then put together your own expressive photo series.

Laura Braun is a freelance photographer and art educator. She studied art and design at Central St Martins College and photography and sociology at Goldsmiths College in London. She works both editorially and commercially and her work has been exhibited internationally. In her workshops and participatory project work she teaches and supports critical thinking and enjoyment of the haptic experience of photography and related techniques.

Nadja Höhfeld studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy. She graduated with the documentary Jonathan James Thomas Highlane and works as a freelance filmmaker, dramaturge and musician. She lives and works in Berlin with her two daughters.