FOR LIVING
The photographic archive of Winfried Bullinger on vernacular architecture from Africa. Dedicated to the owners of the buildings.
SHADE GIVING
The series contains photographs of structures from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Cameroon and Benin, whose purpose is to provide shade. The structures serve as meeting places and may not be entered by strangers at will. The shade-providing structures are places where decisions are made. One image in the series shows such a structure, which is connected to a tree to form a body that protects visitors.
TOPOGRAPHY
The series explores how settlements and nomadic camps are embedded within the natural landscape across different climatic zones. Seen from an aerial perspective, the images reveal the places where the black-and-white photographs in WORKS were made on the ground, using a tripod and an analogue large-format camera. Visible are the traces of paths connecting inhabited structures, as well as the traces left behind by abandoned sites.
