Susanne, 60, works in a psychosomatic clinic. During the lockdown, she and her colleagues had to work much longer hours and parts of the ward had to be temporarily closed due to staff shortages. Söldlingen, Germany - 08/2021
Riccardo, 26, photographer and videographer, had many job cancellations due to the lockdown. Mannheim, Germany
The figure was a gift from friends who brought it with them on their travels. They were Riccardo's only constant during the lockdown. - 06/2021
Inge, 82, suffers from Alzheimer's and keeps memories in a small box. She does not understand the new situation, but wears a mask anyway. Wössingen, Germany - 05/2021
Lilli, 18, got her Abitur in 2021. She was not in the school building for six months previously. Untergrombach, Germany - 06/2021
Clementine is an artist and had to take care of her children due to the closure of the school and kindergarten. So she could just find time for her work when the kids went to school again. Marseille, France - 02/2022
Tanja, 28, had to take on two additional jobs during the lockdown in order to finance her studies and her shared room in Karlsruhe. - 07/2021
Magali's stuffed teddy bear has accompanied her all her life, even through the pandemic. Karlsruhe, Germany - 08/2021
Henning, 27, event technician and environmental activist, in the community garden in Dortmund's Nordtstadt. - 08/2021
Johanna, 16, had almost exclusively home schooling in the school year 2020/21. This also included the whole preparation for the Abitur. Mannheim, Germany. - 07/2021
Maike was a music journalist and could not work for a longer while because
there were no concerts and operas allowed. Later on she wrote articles in her home office for online-events. Dortmund, Germany - 05/2021
Jana works in the International Office and helps refugees to find a place to study. She studied and worked from home from the beginning of the pandemic.
Dortmund, Germany - 05/2021
Henda, educator, is pre-sick and had to go to home office for 2 months. In the Kindergarten the people work without masks, so children are able to learn emotions. Dortmund, Germany - 08/2021
Petra, 56, is an integration worker at an elementary school. She was not allowed to work for a while. She sees how much the pandemic is changing the children and their behavior. She thinks teaching in present is super important for the children. Dortmund, Germany - 08/2021
Diana and Ivo, 45, have Airbnb apartments and had big drops in sales. Both had Corona. Russe, Bulgaria - 08/2021
Dimitri, 45, has a bakery and is currently renovating his store. He has the responsibility for 12 employees. Plovdiv, Bulgaria - 08/2021
Cristina, 30, lived in London and worked in event industry. Because of Corona she came back to Romania. In her hometown she opened a kiosk and plans to run a hostel. Novaci, Romania - 08/2021
Léo, 28, was on a bike trip in Eastern Europe for months, despite vaccination he got Corona. Transalpine, Romania 08/2021
Mina, 30, moved from Iran to Dortmund in 2020 and wants to learn German. She had Corona with her husband and had to isolate herself for three weeks. Dortmund, Germany - 07/2021