Ich Werde Deutsch (I Am Becoming A German) by Maziar Moradi (February 27, 2010) 
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Introduction by Sophia Greiff
Immigration and cultural identity are still much and controversially discussed topics in German society. However Maziar found a new and impressive way to approach this subject, creating images free of moralization and judgment. His staged photographs are telling stories of individuals with a migrant background – stories that are obscure and enigmatic, that have to be deciphered by the viewer but are never obvious. By using real individuals that are re-enacting their own narrative, Maziar manages to combine topics that are relevant both to the persons concerned and to society. Subtle and unintrusive his photographs transmit an idea of the experiences, hopes and fears of a generation living between different cultures.
Sophia Greiff is an arts educator specialized in photography connected to the Hamburg Arts Museum.
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The aim of this project is to depict young people, who were forced to leave their countries and to start a new life as immigrants in Germany.
Aside all the political discussion about integration, the feelings, fears and hopes of this young generation remain unstudied.
The tension due to the life in-between different cultures, between integration and adaptation is the driving force and can result in success or failure, integration or social marginalization.
This work is based on the impressions, fears, experiences, fates and losses of young immigrants in Germany, by focusing on the individual circumstances of their lives.
Staged photography is used as framework to capture and visualize their stories and, thus, turning the individual into the actor of his own life.
Maziar Moradi (1975) lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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