On German newstands: a feature in fotoMAGAZIN with essay by Manfred Zollner. I’m feeling grateful for this outcome from Fotofest Meeting Place 2024. My son loved finding his likeness in this “Where’s Waldo” world.

Excerpt (translated):

“THE VILLAGE IDYLL DISAPPEARS

The American "County Fair" is today a curious mixture of regional agricultural fair, village fair, performance show of local animal breeders and beer tent marquees. A place where heavy-weight giant rabbits, cattle and sheep are awarded with colorful pennants, children are plucked on cotton candy with sticky fingers and teenagers cheer the "Demolition Derby". At the County Fair, a remnant of that picture can still be seen that the painter Norman Rockwell painted on canvas throughout his life as a healing world version of the USA. However, the future of the County Fairs seems questionable.

The everyday life of the US large farms is today light years away from that farm idyll of the legendary TV series "Our Little Farm" from the 1970s.”