Benedikt Burger



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At its core, photography is an attempt to understand—a way to bridge the distance between the self and the unknown.

Vokabular approaches a place that is in constant motion. Lanzarote—volcanic, wind-carved, contradictory—is not a backdrop, but a counterpart that resists being fully known. The island became a space of resonance, where observation, encounter, and uncertainty overlapped.

At the center of the project is a conceptual use of language. Selected Spanish words appear alongside the photographs—not as captions, but as associative extensions of the visual material. Referencing the format of a vocabulary book, these terms disrupt linear reading and open up layers of interpretation. Vokabular is less a document of place than a reflection on the act of photographic observation itself. It investigates how image and language can shape, distort, or fragment our understanding of an unfamiliar environment.







The project Vokabular was developed as part of the international Blended Intensive Programme “Mare Nostrum / Mare Tuum” and was selected for publication in the accompanying magazine as well as for presentation at the renowned “Rencontres d’Arles” photography festival. Additionally, the project was published online at www.maretuum.eu