Aufbau Magazin
Book covers on the topic of banned books for the monthly Jewish magazine "Aufbau"
with StudioZX
24.03.2025RVR
"Hier bleibt alles anders"
New location campaign for "RVR - Regionalverband Ruhr"
Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin
19.11.2024Zeit Online
Olympic sprinter Joshua Hartmann for Zeit Online
https://www.zeit.de/sport/2024-08/joshua-hartmann-olympia-sprint-leichtathletik-rennen
Der Spiegel
32/2024
Happy to share my first cover production for "Der Spiegel" about the topic „Sun“
Photo editor: Marcus Wiechmann
Talent: Sofia Brandes
G+G
06/2024
“Addicted to the virtual world: what health risks children and young people are exposed to through new media.“
Thanks Amelie, @_thanhngn, @sofia_brandes and photo editor @maxbrugger_
NOFX
New York Times
Two intense days with the punk band NOFX on their final EU tour in Eindhoven (NL),
on assignment for the New York Times.
11 Freunde
Portraits of Robert Andrich, Bayer 04 Leverkusen & German national team player
for 11 Freunde.
Editor: Jens Kuiper
Assistant: Sofia Brandes
Zeit Online
“Is the zeppelin about to make a comeback? Once in an airship over the Ruhr region:
Zeppelin flights are popular, despite high prices. Does hovering have a future?”
Editor: Jakob Weber
Text: Tim Neumann
To the article
To the gallery
Theater Dortmund
Spielzeit Heft 24/25
Excited to share our first collaborative project as a photo team:
Season 24/25 - THEATER DORTMUND
Photography: Sofia Brandes and Max Slobodda
Concept and design: Marketing Theater Dortmund
Ensembles: Schauspiel, ballet, opera, philharmonic orchestra,
KJT, Academy for Theater and Digitality
Assistance: Magnus Terhorst and Elena Fiebig
View the full gallery here
Die Zeit
Leverkusen
"They have reached thier destitantion"
Impression from the city of Leverkusen on the same day as their
football club became German champion. On assignment for "Die Zeit" travels.
The article. More images here.
Editor: Dorothea Fiedler
Text: Philipp Schwenke
G+G Magazin
AOK Plus
Cover story for G+G Magazine about rising costs of pharmaceuticals.
Photo editor: @maxbrugger_
Assistant: @sofia_brandes
Raja Casablanca
11 Freunde
Football club “Raja Casablanca” is known for its unique and passionate fan culture.
Together with writer Andreas Bock, I spent a couple of days in Morocco to meet coach
Josef „Joe“ Zinnbauer and cover the football culture of „Raja Casablanca“ for the "11 Freunde" magazine.
Full image Gallery here
Sequoia
I've uploaded a project about my travels through the western USA.
Find the whole story here
Zeit Online
https://www.zeit.de/geld/2023-09/postbank-kundenbeschwerden-service-klagen-bankenaufsicht
Zeit Online
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2023-08/handwerk-berufe-fachkraeftemangel-lehrstellen-dachdecker
Die Zeit
31/2023
About climate change and the gras in our backyards.
https://www.zeit.de/2023/31/gras-rasen-oekologie-hitze-klimawandel
Manager Magazin
07/2023
About the fusion of ALDI Nord & ALDI Süd.
https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/aldi-wie-der-discounter-die-wiedervereinigung-von-nord-und-sued-plant-a-cc25d0a9-df96-40f8-8c16-9959da30c6c4
Zeit Verbrechen
Cover artwork 21/2023
https://shop.zeit.de/zeit-verbrechen/8723/zeit-verbrechen-21/23
Editor: Chantal Seitz
AD: Julia Steinbrecher
Model: Max Brugger
Assistant: Sofia Brandes
Die Zeit
25/2023
https://www.zeit.de/2023/25/ampel-koalition-spd-fdp-gruene-olaf-scholz#comments
Die Zeit
19/2023
https://www.zeit.de/2023/19/freilichtmuseum-oerlinghausen-rechtsextremisten-germanen
Dortmunder U
Location marketing campaign with 100 luminous drones over Dortmund.
Client: RVR
Agency: Scholz & Friends
Assistant: Sofia Brandes
Zeit Online
https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2023-05/laura-kampf-youtube-kunst-design-sendung-mit-der-maus
Die Zeit
17/2023
Story about housing shortage in germany.
https://www.zeit.de/2023/17/wohnungsnot-mieten-bezahlbares-wohnen-neubau
Deutsch Perfekt
Cover artwork for langauge magazine "Deutsch perfekt" spezial edition 4/2023.
Hornbach
Spring Campagin 2023
The OOH campaign runs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Luxemburg.
"Lass die Natur mal machen"
Client: Hornbach
Agency: HeimatTBWA
Production: CZAR Film
CD: Christofer Kümmerer
AD: Fabian Lange
Art buyer: Franziska Moeck
Post: Recom Group / Recom Berlin
Light assistant: Thekiso Mokhele
Digi: Werner Strauss
View the full gallery here
Radio contribution
SWR 2
Radio contribution for the german radio station SWR 2 about my work, moderated by Andreas Langen.
23.02.2023Solo exhibition
02/16/23 - 04/30/23
Upcoming solo exhibition at the VHS Stuttgart gallery, with over 40 large format images of my work.
Vernissage: 16/02/23, 7pm, Rotebühleplatz 28, 70173 Stuttgart
Duration of the exhibition: 02/17/24 - 04/30/23
Curator: Bettina Michel
@vhs_stuttgart
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“Max Sloboddas großformatige Bilder der Ausstellung STRANGER THINGS lassen an unbekannte Flugobjekte denken oder übersinnliche Erscheinungen. Tatsächlich experimentiert der Düsseldorfer Fotograf gern, auch bereits während seines Studiums an der Fachhochschule Dortmund.
Slobodda inszeniert die unterschiedlichsten Objekte im Raum, ergänzt grelles Licht und eine Prise Zufall. Seine Motivation ist die Lust am Spiel, denn der Grat zur Langeweile im Bild ist schmal. Doch seine Bilder sind herausfordernd und einnehmend zugleich. Der Fotograf erweitert seinen Bildraum durch das Unbegreifliche, das Unbekannte. Und nimmt die Besucher/innen mit auf eine Reise hinter die Kulissen der fotografischen Wirklichkeit. Was auch immer der Blick auf seine verrätselten, phantastischen Motive in den Köpfen der Betrachtenden auslöst – entziehen kann sich diesen fesselnden, plakativen Bildwelten niemand.
Max Slobodda, geboren 1987, studierte Fotografie an der Fachhochschule Dortmund. Auf der Suche nach neuen Herausforderungen in der Fotografie begann er dort bereits mit der Arbeit an STRANGER THINGS, die ihn bis heute begleitet. Als freier Fotograf lebt und arbeitet Max Slobodda in Düsseldorf.”
Die Ausstellung wird kuratiert von Bettina Michel.
Vernissage: Donnerstag, 16.02.2023, 19 Uhr, TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz
Begrüßung: Gitte Lindmaier, vhs stuttgart
Begrüßung: Bettina Michel, Kuratorin der vhs-photogalerie
Einführung in die Ausstellung: Sara Dahme, Kulturprojekte
Live-Musik mit Timber A. Hemprich, Obertongesang
NZZ Folio
No. 359
Cover artwork for NZZ Folio No. 359 with the topic of Happiness & Money.
Read the full cover story here
Find the gallery here
Group exhibition
Berlin
"ORACLES are much like portals: They are asked to provide meaning, but speak in riddles, showing an ambiguous glimpse into possible futures. A gathering of traces of what will happen, might happen, might already have happened, or never will happen at all.
We are excited to present the photography exhibition ORACLE at Zuostant (Nazarethkirchstr. 37, 13347 Berlin-Wedding) from November 26th until December 4th 2022, with works by Fabrizio Bilello, Melina Mörsdorf, Max Slobodda, Harriet von Froreich, Jan Philip Welchering and Greta Wildhage.
See you at the opening: Saturday, 26.11., 6pm!"
Die Zeit
41/2022
Went for a day to the amusement park called "Wunderland Kalkar".
Read the whole story here.
Text by Sebastian Dalkowski.
Photo editor: Dorothea Fiedler
Outdoor exhibition
"Stranger Things"
Outdoor exhibition of my project „Stranger Things“.
Now showing in the city center of Dortmund.
Big thanks to @dortmundkreativ for making this possible!
Green ghost
DB Mobil Sep/2022
Cover story about author and forester Peter Wohlleben.
Find the full gallery here
Find the DB Mobil magazine online PDF here
Agency: Territory
Picture editor: Sari Schildt / Olga Hamilton / Philipp Balkenhol
Art director: Max Nelles
Text: Katja Heer
Assistant: Sofia Brandes
Where is Anna?
Zeit Verbrechen #16
Two years ago I photographed possible crime scenes in the missing case of „Anna S.“ for the german newspaper "Die Zeit". Her body has recently been found at the murderers house, concreted in the basement. ( first & last image )
Full story out now in the newest issue of @zeit_verbrechen.
Photo editor: Chantal Seitz
Boah, ey!
Die Zeit 27/2022
https://www.zeit.de/2022/27/auto-brabus-tuning-klimawandel-benzin
Wir müssen mal
Die Zeit 27/2022
https://www.zeit.de/2022/27/schule-toilette-hygiene-gesundheit
Burgfrieden
11 Freunde #247
Long-time story about the fan base of KFC Uerdingen.
Photo editor: Philipp Pernkopf
Photo Workshop Cologne
"Stranger Things" photowalk
At the 05/21/22 i had my first photo workshop with curator/photographer Teona Gogichaishviliyoung, for young enthouastic photographers at the age of 16-18.
We discoverd the streets of cologne and created images with a "Stranger Things" vibe.
https://next-festival.photoszene.de/next/workshops-und-mehr/workshops/fotowalk-stranger-things.html
a little recap created by Deutscher Jugendfotopreis:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeMKUhxgrYE/
31.05.2022Latest publications #2
1. Die Zeit 17/22 archive image
2. Personal Magazin 03/2022 archive image
Zwei Verrückte
11 Freunde #245
About keeper Stefan Ortega Moreno & his trainer Marco Kostmann from Armina Bielefeld.
Photo editor: Philipp Pernkopf
Wer isst denn so was?
Die Zeit 13/22
About the CEO of "Royal Donuts".
Photo Editor: Maria Rohweder
Fair abliefern
Zeit Campus 02/2022
Anonymous portrait of a demonstration by bike suppliers in cologne.
Photo editor: Frauke Schnoor
PHOTONEWS
Zeitung für Fotografie Nr.2/22
Photonews published my work 'Stranger Things' in thier portfolio category.
Photo editor: Anna Gripp
'Stranger Things' exhibition
01/06/2022 - 04/23/2022 in Zingst, Germany.
From 01/06/2022 - 04/23/2022 I'm going to exhibit my work 'Stranger Things' at the
'Max Hünten Haus' Gallery in Zingst, Germany. There will be a midissage on 03/03/2022 with the opening at 6 pm. I'm also joining the event and would be happy to meet & greet other photography enthusiastic for a nice chat or just a drink :)
Find more information here:
https://www.zingst.de/veranstaltungen/max-slobodda-stranger-things
Curator Edda Fahrenhorst took an interview with me about the work, which can be read here: https://www.zingst.de/veranstaltungen/max-slobodda-stranger-things
Best,
Max
Gallery impressions: M.Gärtner
Latest publications #1
1. Die Zeit 01/22 archive image
2. Die Zeit 02/22 archive image
3. Zeit Spezial: Arbeit 01/22 archive image
4. On assignment portrait of TikTok Star Kaan for Der Spiegel
Gibt es Außerirdische?
Philosophie Magazin Issue 01/2022
For the '10 years anniversary issue' of the Philosphie magazine, some of my pictures got featured on the topics 'Is there extraterrestrial life?' & 'Can philosophy change my life?'.
Photo editor: Tina Ahrens
Unreal is the new real
Archivio Contemporaneo x 'Stranger Things'
''A box of contemporary experiences and project, a research within a creative space of experimentation''
Hit the link for more information: https://www.visioniparallele.com/archiviocontemporaneo
Der Rückzug
Die Zeit 50/2021
Brown coal surface mine Garzweiler, in Jüchen, Germany on assigment for Die ZEIT.
Photo editor: Norman Hoppenheit & Lara Huck
Highway to Helgoland
11 Freunde #239
In August 2021 for "11 Freunde" Magazine: Accompanying the football Team of PSV Braunschweig, on their weekend trip to a unique soccer game on the german island Helgoland. Find the full image gallery here.
Photo editor: Jens Kuiper
Auf sich gestellt
Die Zeit 34/2021
The image of Ronja from my free portrait work, got featured in "Die Zeit" for an article about the education loan "Bafög".
Photo editor: Maria Rohweder
Diversity
TÜV SÜD - About Trust 02/2021
Cover for "TÜV SÜD - About Trust" Magazine.
Photo editor: Jan Steinhauer
Agency: Muehlhausmoers
Zurück in die Zukunft
Harvard Business Manager 08/2021
A couple of my anonymous portraits from my free work, got featured in "Harvard Business Manager" and made it also on the upside down cover.
Photo editor: Martin Richter
Unter Storm
Philosophie Magazin Issue 04/2021
One image of my archive work got featured in the "Philosophie Magazin".
Photo editor: Tina Ahrens
Irre
TAZ - FUTUR ZWEI 16/2021
Parts of my 'Stranger Things' series got featured for the cover story
of the magazine "TAZ-FUTUR ZWEI".
Photoeditor: Tobias Laukemper
EP cover artwork
For Leeds electronic duo 'Prospa' and thier new EP 'Rave Science Vol.1',
one image of my Stranger Things series was used for the cover.
Hit the Spotify link to check them out.
