FOREST JOURNEY – Creative exploration of the woodlands

2020 Bachelor thesis
Student: Stefanie Nowinski
Supervisor: Prof. Michaela Köhler and Sandra Süsser

Winner of the German Photo Book Award Longlist 21/22 Student Project 

This book is a declaration of love to the forest, the place where my heart feels at home and where there is always something new to discover. The forest is full of wonder, full of beauty and a reflection of the creativity and love of its creator. This project reawakens the love for the forest and the memory of wanting to be a naturalist as a child. The free time during the lockdown is used to explore. In addition to diary entries and sketches reflecting experiences in the forest, my forest trip also involved interviewing people from very different countries about how their relationship with the forest changed during Corona. Nature is one of the few activity options available in times of pandemic and lockdown. The forest is a place that truly leaves no one without a reaction, a feeling, an experience – a masterpiece whose existence and beauty depends heavily on our influence.

Stefanie Nowinski