Why I #StandWithLuoktaMavas?
30% of the proceeds will go to Sofia Jannok’s organization Arvas Foundation for the continuation of the fight against clearcutting.
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Part 3 – Finlands dirty secret
12-14-2020 This is the third and last part to my series of three in The Outdoor Journal on Finnish peat for energy. Much happened in the year it took to publish all three parts and it will remain interesting to see how Finland will tackle this ongoing problem to become fossil free in near future. …
Artist for Air with Tomorrows Air
11-20-20 I am incredibly happy to share my cooperation on sharing my art to help build awareness and support for carbon removal with permanent storage through the Tomorrow’s Air Artists For Air program. Are you eager to learn how you can remove carbon and permanently store it through Tomorrow’s Air? Please visit Tomorrowsair.com to join …
Newsletter November is out
11-10-20 This is the first newsletter in a year and full of links and resources, which have helped me advance the work on the hemp book, but also some outcomes and announcements. If this did not come to your inbox but you would like to get the next one directly, please sign up for it …
SUSTON magazine publication on Finnish peat
09-17-2020 A year ago I left to Finland to produce an investigativephotojournalistic story about peat. I have to admit my knowledge about the topic was tiny. That changed and within ten days of researching, documenting and interviewing people. I left the nation in shock and deep concern over the environmental situation of a nation that …
Latest Development on the Hemp Project
07-03-2020 For those who know – as well as for those who don’t – this is an update towards the project I have been working on for four years. Four years ago my journey started accelerated by one little plant: HEMP. What has happened since? When will the book be ready? What will it be …
How to become a supporter and part of the HEMP book?
06-16-2020 – Today I am presenting my HEMP book project at the 17th EIHA Hemp Conference by the nova Institut – the biggest gathering worldwide for the industrial hemp industry. If you are curious on how to become a supporter of the book, please download this PDF FILE for further details and information. To sign …
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Alpine Hemp by SALEWA
06-05-2020 – Three years, since I started documenting the process within one of Europes leading sports apparel companies to produce a climbing pant made from hemp textiles. Check out the trailer to introduce the new product, which I was able to contribute with some of my worldwide hemp footage. ALPINE HEMP SALEWA
Finland’s Dirty Secret – Part 2: Political Controversy
05-04-2020 Second part of Finland’s Dirty Secret is published now on The Outdoor Journal
Grow your own hemp house
05-14-2020 The seventh edition of the HANF MAGAZIN just released and my reportage on the Latvian builder of a hemp house and inventor of the micro decorticator “Hurdmaster” is portrayed in it. Check out the online version for the German text and the print version for the English text.
Wanderreiten auf den Spuren von Dschinghis Khan
28-04-2020 Wanderreiter Magazin published an interview with Stonehorse Expeditions, whom I joined last year in Mongolia for a 10-day horse trekking in Gorki-Tereldsh Nationalpark. Great insight into environmental topics and sustainable tourism.
Finland’s Dirty Secret
04-21-2020 Together with The Outdoor Journal I am presenting a series on Finland’s Dirty Secret: Extracting Peat for Energy. A story about dirty environmental practice in a country that claims that it is going to be the world’s first fossil free country. Read the first article to get acquainted with the topic of peat and …
NOMADE AUF ZEIT
2020-02-21 The Outdoor Magazin is featuring my article “Nomad for a certain time” in the March issue of the print magazine. The reportage recalls a hiking trip with the Indigenous Sami people of Sweden last year during the ATTA world summit.
Stern Reportage
10-02-2020 This weeks STERN Magazin reports about the investigative photojournalistic reportage I had been working on last year in Finland. The print publication appears in German language only.
A Journey Without Footprints, to Sapmi and the Indigenous People of Scandinavia.
One of the stories that kept me busy last year is out and published now. The life of the Indigenous People of the North, the Sami had caught my interest already back in 2018 and since not left my mind. 2019 was the year where doors opened again and the magic world of the Sami …
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Photo- Challenge with f-stop starts today
18-11-2019 Hello fellow photographers and photo-enthusiasts! Now is your chance to participate, I am collaborating with f-stop on a photo challenge. As a Pro-Ambassador for f-stop I have tested and my gear throughout years now in all conditions and can just say: AWESOME, you’ll love it, it does the job and one thing less to …
FINLANDS OPORTUNITY OF PEAT PHASE-OUT
Peat as an energy source has been used for ages in Finland,
causing massive environmental damage. A quick phase-out of fossile energy resources will lead into creation of new wildlife sanctuaries by rewilding former peat bogs.
New Book title for the mountain rescue
11-01-2019 One of my photographs from the series of Austrian Mountain Rescue made it yet onto another book cover. The Tyrolia publishing house just released the new book “Ehrensache Leben retten” from the author Walter Spitzenstätter.
Peat; The invisible kraken of modern Finland
02-09-2019 Press- release by Maren Krings Peat is on its best way of becoming the ugliest word of the year 2019 in Finland. It involves environmental disaster, political power-games and the subsistence of roughly 2000 farmers. More than the visible dangers of this kraken, are the invisible ones. Water pollution, caused by leaking nutrients (nitrogen …
Back to HEMP
06-26-2019 After a long silence in my news feed on the website, I am back to announce the next silence. I am back to travellers life. Not that I have really stopped the travellers lifestyle since three years, but by now it feels like a regular lifestyle to live, travel and work in and from …
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3 Days left to support the Indiegogo campaign for the Hemp Book
11-21-2018 It’s been an exciting time the four weeks of crowdfunding, kind of feels like a year in itself. Please read the latest and last newsletter for more and check out my publication in The Outdoor Journal. A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, …
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Wie läuft das Crowdfunding?
11-15-2018 zur Nachlese im Interview mit dem Hanf Magazin –––––– The magazin “Hanf Magazin” got in touch with me this week to ask about the running crowdfunding, here is the interview (in German)
Gewinnspiel Hanf Magazin
11-11-2018 The Austrian based magazine “Hanf Magazin” is featuring Maren’s story on hemp in the current issue. To support her crowdfunding project, which is still running until the 24th of November on Indiegogo, they have started a lottery to raffle off the paper edition of the book, and one of each of the Perks available. Go …
The GOOD NEWS Newsletter
11-06-2018 Aren’t we thriving for the good news in a way? Of course the bad ones are catchier, but negativity isn’t something to dwell in, hence I have started the Hemp Newsletter, that is somehow becoming the GOOD NEWS. If you want to follow up on this weeks read, please check out the newsletter under …
Hemp is making us smile – keep the message spreading!
10-30-18 The list of supporters for my campaign on Indiegogo is growing and I am grateful for all the help and support! Click here to read the latest version of the newsletter about hemp!
Crowdfunding for HEMP book is on!
10-23-2018 Yesterday was the official start for the crowdfunding campaign that Maren Krings has started to get support for her long-term project on the hemp plant. Over the years you have probably seen many of her posts on hemp, made from a total of sixteen different countries, she visited for the investigative research on …
PRO Ambassador for F-Stop Gear
07-24-2018 I am happy to launch in a new period with F-Stop Gear. Every couple of years the ambassador program is revised and changes made if necessary. The changes for me are a bit of a new profile on the F-Stop website as well as some updates to my work focus! Check out the F-Stop …
The news on hemp
07-05-2018 As many people know, I have been getting more and more involved in the hemp topic over the past two years. Considering all the great things this plant can do for us as people as well as for the health of our planet, I see it a greater mission to work hard on the …
The Hemp Ambassador
06-09-2018 As time goes by, my running project on the hemp plant is advancing well. I am happy to say that the second publication on this matter is about to hit the readers. Thanks to Gabriel Arthur, editor in chief of Suston magazine, the first magazine to cover the topic of sustainability got interested in …
website make-over
05-03-2018 The last weeks have been busy on the back-end of my website, making a lot of changes to the existing system. Some new features will allow you to directly place your book or print order on the website. No more emailing back and forth to get one of my books ordered, of course you …
Online Journal publication on hemp
04-07-2018 My quest on hemp has been going for almost 2 years now and first results are being produced. At the moment I am in Zürich, Switzerland at the trade fare “Criterion” with four of the players of my hemp story: Werner Schönthaler (Hempstone), Alpenpioniere, Ecopassion and Glärnisch Textil. Really the well known company “Freitag” …
Special exhibition on hemp at the “Criterion” fair in Zürich
03-20-2018 From April 5th – 8th the ambitioned trade fair “Criterion” will take place in Zürich. Act different and do better is their claim. Hence it came at no surprise that the special exhibition this year will focus on hemp. I will be presenting my current state of work on the book on hemp on Sunday April …
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Exploring the North
03-09-2018 As a rolling home nomad, life has been presenting me with a lot of great opportunities and adventures in the last two years. I consider my recent journey to Scandinavia, which I am on now, as one of those adventures. A great opportunity arose to work on an in-depth reportage about the Sami people …
Meet me @ ISPO
01-27-2018 I will be at the “biggest fair of sport industry” from 28 until 31st of January. Meet me there to discuss running projects or find new ones!
Checked out! . . . for the great outdoors
10-17-2017 Yet another journey is leading me into the high north! If you are curious to know why you might not be reaching me between the 18th of October and the 3rd of November, then keep posted though my Instagram and Facebook, they will spill some secrets in the meantime!
Ausstellung verlängert
09-01-2017 Im Rahmen des 41. Kirchtags (24. September 2017) im Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe in Kramsach, freue ich mich das die Ausstellung bis zum 09. Oktober verlängert wurde. Wer Interesse hat, die Fotoausstellung “Alpine Reflexionen” ist jeden Tag von 9.00-17.00 Uhr zu besichtigen! Due to the event of Kirchtag on the 24th of September, the photography exhibition “Alpine reflexions” …
Handicap = NO HANDICAP
07-23-2017 Today I would like to share something with everyone here, that is very special to me! Please watch the film about Maxi Jäger. The 17 year old german Maxi had a prenatal stroke and faced a hemiplegia since. One of his biggest wished was to go a via ferrata, which the BR TV documented …
Hanf – Samen für eine neue Welt
06-27-2017 Hemp seems to celebrate a certain renaissance at the moment. The ancient plant has finally been rediscovered for all the brilliant qualities it has! Without wanting to be in the middle of a hype I discovered hemp for myself a year ago in the beautiful South Tyrollean village of Tschengls… and this is where the adventure …
Winterlifestyle
05-09-2017 Looking back to a busy winter season which – regarding weather – still hasn’t come to an end. Here are some glimpses on the “Winter – Lifestyle” portfolio.
Online magazine “bergwelten” feature
05-02-2017 As the winter is showing us his claws for – hopefully – the last time, it fits well, that my story on Bernd Willinger and Norbert Span just got featured in Bergwelten-Online magazine: www.bergwelten.com/a/so-entstand-berge-unter-sternen
Official Tirol calendar 2018
03-01-2017 It’s official now, the Tirol calendar 2018 is off into printing now. Happy to have had the chance of doing the whole calendar with my impressions throughout the year! Seit heute ist es „gedruckte Sache“, der Tirol Kalender 2018 wird ein ganzes Jahr meiner Tirol Impressionen zeigen.
February Servus – Magazine
02-24-2017 Have you checked out Februarys issue of Servus in Stadt und Land – magazine? I got my story on Joseph „Seppi“ Salvenmoser from Kitzbühel in it. Diesen Monat ist im Servus Magazin der Artikel über Joseph „Seppi“ Salvenmoser von Kitzbühel erschienen. Anbei eine kleine Vorschau!
Surreal experience: Faroe Islands
02-20.2017 I just returned from a stunning trip to the Faroe Islands, working on several photographic productions and fine tuning my knowledge on landscape photography in a great seminar with Hasselblad ambassador and outdoor photographer Lars Schneider. Frisch von der Insel retour, bin ich noch tief beeindruckt von den Impressionen der Färöer! Eine spannende Zeit …
Merry x-mas and a wonderful 2017!
12-27-2016 2016 was a very special year! New paths, new friendships, new projects and many wonderful old contacts and friendships that were able to be renewed, marked this year! Thank you for your trust and the great cooperations as well as the many open doors I found during my travel through Europe and the US! May 2017 …
Tanzen auf Schnee
05-10-2016 Anmutig sind sie, die Tänzer auf Telemarkski, welche im Kniefall ihre Kurven nehmen und durch Eleganz und ein gewisses Quäntchen Ruhe die Hektik des alpinen Wintersportes durchbrechen. Und noch etwas: es werden immer mehr! Anfang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts erfand der Norweger Sondre Norheim im Südnorwegischen Morgedal den Prototyp des heutigen Telemark-Skis. Die Bindung aus …
Using summer to its fullest
09-27-2016 I have neglected my newsfeed on the website a bit for the better of my portfolio. It has been an incredibly interesting and busy summer so far. Traveling throughout the alpine regions of Europe, following stories, reportages and jobs has created a new body of work. The images will soon fill the different sections of my …
IMS Photo Contest 2016: Voting is on!
08-17-2016 The IMS Photo Contest has been going on for a while already, just decided to enter it. Would be happy to get some voting support for the two images from my latest travel to South Tyrol. To tell a bit of the story, as I was moving towards Tschengls in the Vinschgau, I took …
Danke TUX-FINKENBERG: es war mir eine Ehre!
07-28-2016 It was a very emotional night, when I was allowed to present the new book, after 2,5 years of working in the beloved Tuxer valley! Thanks to Markus Pioro, who modeled in the book and came all the way from Germany, I received some wonderful images from the presentation! What a great night, thanks …
RAAM 2016 is history!
06-26-2016 It’s been crazy 11 days, 17 hours and 30 minutes, not just for the german RAAM rider Julian Eisenbeis, but also for his entire crew, which I was part of in oder to photo document the are behind the scenes. It will probably take me a couple days to reflect on this really intense …