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The Trashcam Project
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1.Christoph Blaschke, Mirko Derpmann and Max Soller
2012, 7 April
Power Plant
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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And now for something completely different. Most of the trashcam pics were made downtown while this one is a rather rural view of the source of Hamburg´s power. In fact it is only a ten minute drive from the buzz of the city but it feels remote.
 
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2.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 7 April
Berlin Cathedral Seen by a Dumpster
[Trashcam Project]

Rollei vintage page
Scholz & Friends
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This is one from the archives. The first trashcam picture we made just to find out if it was possible. So this is not Hamburg but Berlin. We were so afraid the bin would bend and light would leak in that we didn´t dare to move it more than a few metres away from our office (Yes, it is nice to work here). As you can see our processing skills have developed since then. But still a gripping shot. It was taken on four sheets of Rollei Vintage paper we glued together to get the giant format. Exposure is about 4 minutes.
 
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3.Michael Pfohlmann, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, March
Hamburg Marco Polo Tower
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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4.Michael Pfohlmann, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, March
Rathaus Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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5.Werner Bünning, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 7 Aprl
The Hamburg headquarters of publisher Gruner+Jahr
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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6.Werner Bünning, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, March
The Katharinenfleet in Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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7.Hans-Dieter Braatz, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, March
The Fleetschloss in Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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8.Hans-Peter Strahl, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 7 April
The old church in Hamburg Altenwerder
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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9.Hans-Peter Strahl, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 7 April
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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10.Bernd Leguttky, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 3 April
The Planetarium in Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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11.Hans-Peter Strahl, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 3 April
The old church in Hamburg Altenwerder
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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12.Roland Wilhelm, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, March
Garbageman Roland Wilhelm takes a picture of himself and his trashcam with a second trashcam. Photographed with a pinhole garbage container.
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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13.Hans-Dieter Braatz, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
2012, 3 April
The Speicherstadt in Hamburg
[Trashcam Project]

Black and white print, Ilford multigrade IV with 10 minutes exposure.
Scholz & Friends
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14.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 19 March
Max Soller Moves the Cam
[Trashcam Project]

Fuji velvia
Scholz & Friends
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Instead of the usual caption a quote from German artist Joseph Beuys:
 
"Lately I visited Madrid and I noticed that the men who work for the garbage collection are real geniuses. You can tell it by the way they work and by their faces while doing it."
 
Pictured here is dustman Max Soller who obviously knows how to work a dumpster and even how to smile while doing it.
 
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15.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 25 March
Hans-Peter Strahl taking a trashcam picture
[Trashcam Project]

Fuji velvia
Scholz & Friends
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This is binman Hans-Peter Strahl taking a picture of the church in Hamburg Altenwerder with his pinhole dumpster. Binmen start their tour very early, this was at seven in the morning and he was already up and working a few hours. so it comes in handy that taking trashcam pictures is mostly waiting.
 
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16.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 19 March
Christoph Blaschke and dustman Roland Wilhelm are checking the light to calculate the exposure time of their 1.100 litre dumpster.
[Trashcam Project]

Fuji velvia
Scholz & Friends
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17.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 19 March
Garbageman Werner Bünning is taking a picture with a 1.100 litre garbage container transformed into a pinhole camera
[Trashcam Project]

Fuji velvia
Scholz & Friends
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18.Mirko Derpmann
2012, 25 March
Garbageman Michael Pfohlmann is taking a picture of the Marco Polo Tower in Hamburg with a 1.100 litre garbage container transformed into a pinhole camera
[Trashcam Project]

Fuji velvia
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