Nation states, religious beliefs and old myths are becoming increasingly less important in our digital age. Even in highly religious countries, everyday life is becoming far less determined by the dictates of scriptures. Due to digitalisation trends western lifestyles are crossing the mountains of Nepal and the deserts of Mexico. Still, faith and traditional world views are deeply rooted in the inhabitants.

During my travels I became especially aware of the contradictory behaviour of city dwellers and started to document it. This specific interest resulted in a photoseries with material of Nepal, Myanmar, Israel and Mexico.

While I walked through the cities, I photographed young inhabitants and spoke to each of them in order to understand their culture, behaviour and ambitions better. This brought me into private situations such as wedding ceremonies, family evenings and university lectures. Back at home I couldn’t resist adding a design framework to the series, expressing insights gained during my travels, my observations and facts around popoulation, religion as well as the gallup index of the importance of religion.

The photographs were taken all over the world united by a strict concept so the exact location became important to me. I expressed this in exaggerated typography of longitudes and latitudes, serving as an abstract headline.