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Let me see you
Christoph Rutenkolk Christoph Rutenkolk

Let me see you

Originally started 2023 with my first portrait project ever “I feel lost!” once was meant to tell the story about former students and young people how they remember their time turning from adolescence to the adult age during the lockdowns where every other generation partied or travelled and lived their first years of “freedom” after school and slide into the chords of adulthood.

But this project should turn time by time more into a completely different topic till the end of 2025. “Let me see you” is my Story about portrait shooting and the spheres how it can change between you who takes and gives and the person in front who takes and gives as well just different, about how faces can change within hours, from careful, shy or soft, into outgoing, loud and brave!

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They stood at the perfect spot!
Christoph Rutenkolk Christoph Rutenkolk

They stood at the perfect spot!

Musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Dovrefjell National Park near Dombås, Norway, September, 2023. During a short trip through the high plateau landscape, I accompanied a couple of  these up to 400kg heavy ancient animals, which were reintroduced decades ago, in their natural habitat. The region is characterized by wide plains, long cliffs, waterfalls and open tundra. The series documents a time in the presence of these giant and impressive animals, in the rugged north of Dovrefjell, Norway. By Christoph Rutenkolk - Portrait & Reportage

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