Bodo Weissenborn

"There is a story to every photo in the exhibition, which you can guess from the title and caption. What we don't guess, but know: all the photographers work with journalistic passion - and you can see that in the pictures," says Heidje Beutel, chairwoman of the Thuringia regional association in the German Journalists' Association (DJV).

These award-winning press photos from Hesse and Thuringia will be on display at the Ilmenau University Library from 30 August 2021 at 3:30 pm.

Bodo Weissenborn from Karlsruhe shot the "Photo of the Year 2020". His picture became known nationwide under the title "Fahrstuhlgate". It shows, among others, the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn and the Prime Minister of Hesse Volker Bouffier crowding into a narrow elevator together with nine other people - about four weeks after the first extensive Corona contact restrictions in spring 2020.

The touring exhibition will be on display at Ilmenau University Library until 25 September 2021 and is accessible during library opening hours.