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"A Woman Prays In The Grotto Of The Layene Brotherhood"

Photographs Documenting The Islamic Society In Senegal

"The Sufi Brotherhoods of Senegal"

by Christian Bobst.

"Serigne Amadou Bamba Mbacké At The Touba Commercial Center"

"A Merchant Sells Posters Of Seydina Issa Rohou"

"Mural Of Serigne Saliou In The Streets Of Ngor"

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The ex-wrestler Lac de Guiers pursues an important wrestling match on television with his family, like hundreds of thousands of other Senegalese people on Saturday afternoons. Dakar, April 4, 2015.

© Christian Bobst

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The Sufi Brotherhoods of Senegal by Christian Bobst

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L'orgoglio del Senegal per la sua lotta tradizionale

Lo sport nazionale del paese africano rappresenta un legame con le sue radici culturali e uno strumento per emanciparsi dalla povertà

di Anna Pujol-Mazzini

foto di Christian Bobst

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A Portrait Series about six designers from Zürich wearing their favorite textile-masks which they produced published on tagesanzeiger as well as on the photo-schweiz online Corona exhibition:

https://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/zoom/index.php/125038/masken-gegen-die-krise/ 

.https://www.photo-schweiz.ch/christian-bobst-1

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My week in photos part 22: Photo 1: Laurenz Berges’ Cloppenburg - The project consists of photographs, captured more than 30 years ago, have an air of misery and grief. Berges’ hometown almost appear like non-places that do not exist, and yet, the audience cannot help but feel connected to Cloppenberg . Photo 2: The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal: at the "Olympique de Ngor" stadium, a local wrestling tournament is held on the basketball court, with Kherou Ngor taking part to support the wrestlers in his neighbourhood. Kherou won big competitions in the biggest stadium of Dakar in front of thousands of spectators, guarantees the organizers of wrestling matches a good number of spectators. At this time, Kherou does not know that this relatively small fight would be his very last. Photo by Christian Bobst . Photo 3: A collaboration hosted by @Saladforpresident runs Salad for President, an evolving publishing project that draws a meaningful connection between food, art and everyday obsessions. And so we see here a photo about the collaboration between hotelier/designer Kenny Osehan and painter/sculptor Elena Stonaker . Photo 4: The Serenade from the June 20, 1914 cover of Puck magazine. Illustrated by Brynolf Wennerberg . Photo 5: Georg Baselitz, Oberon, 1963 – 1964. Oberon symbolizes an alternative world that is not part of everyday life – just like Baselitz’s painting, which does not depict the world around us but creates its own pictorial reality . Photo 6: Aches recent mural of Dolores O’Riordan in Limerick, Ireland. Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She was the vocalist for alternative band The Cranberries . Photo 7: Masked, by @laurenkalman . Lauren is a visual artist based in Detroit, whose practice is invested in contemporary craft, video, photography and performance. . Photo 8: Sheffield city council poster. . Photo 9: Scott Hall is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with the WWF, now WWE, as Razor Ramon (pictured) and with WCW under his real name. . Photo 10:Bad Religion: Fuck The Government (1992) Bootleg! - 22 tracks - Live Düsseldorf 12.4.1992. Back #art #photography https://www.instagram.com/p/B8AWMkvJjCL/?igshid=n6xoi1ttucrm

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Client: Leica Agency: Advico Y&R CD: Christian Bobst Art Director: Johannes Raggio Copywriter: Lukas Witlisbach

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The Prostitutes and the Priest from Christian Bobst on Vimeo.

Every year thousands of new migrants move to the Namibian capital of Windhoek in search for work. The unemployment rate in Namibia is very high and single women find it particularly difficult to find a paid job, all the more if they are mothers of small children. Sex work often becomes the only available currency in exchange for food, shelter or for the money to send the children to school.

„The Prostitutes and the Priest" tells the story women and girls in Namibia, who have to sell their bodies in order to survive, and the priest Father Hermann Klein-Hipass who has made it his personal mission to help them.

In the short film Father Herman and the women talk about their lifes and experiences. Sex work is very dangerous in Namibia, the women face a high risk of infecting themselves with HIV and STDs, get beaten up, raped or even killed. Condemned to the lowest rungs of society they are insulted, scoffed and despised and rejected by their own people. Even charity organisations and NGOs consider them to be lost, because many of them are alcoholics and thieves. „Father Hermann ist he only one who is helping us“ says Samantha, another protagonist in the short form.

The film is based on a long term photo project that started in 2008, as well as interviews which have been taken by Christian Bobst, the photographer, in 2013. In 2014 Christian started to edit the video with the help of Florian Mebes, a filmmaker and journalist. In 2015 they together went back to Namibia because Father Hermann had became too sick to continue his work and had to be hospitalized.

„The Prostitutes and the Priest" shows the humane and vulnarable side of women and girls who are labeled as prostitutes and suffer from social discrimination, oppression and violence. The film intends to raise attention and awareness for the desperate situation of thousands of unemployed single mums and orphans, who have to sell their bodies in order to provide food for their children or their siblings, not only in Namibia, but in many other countries throughout Africa. In addition it´s also a testimony to Father Herrman´s work, for which he was honoured for with the Merit Order from the Federal Republic of Germany in 2012.

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"Layene Pilgrim's Throne By The Sea"

Photographs Documenting The Islamic Society In Senegal

“The Sufi Brotherhoods of Senegal”

by Christian Bobst.

"Believers Submit To Serigne Cheikh Abdou Karim Mbacke"

"Followers Of The Layene Brotherhood Taking Photos At Pilgrimage Site"

"Followers Of The Baye Fall Brotherhood Perform A Religious Ceremony"

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On two sides of the street, groups are watching the wrestling match on television during Senegalese Independence Day. The Senegalese people celebrate Independence Day traditionally with some major wrestling fights. Almost the entire population in Senegal, from small children to old women, follow the wrestling matches on TV or, if possible, at the stadium. April 4, Dakar, Senegal.

© Christian Bobst

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The Prostitutes and the Priest from Christian Bobst on Vimeo.

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The Sufi Brotherhoods of Senegal by Christian Bobst

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L'orgoglio del Senegal per la sua lotta tradizionale

Lo sport nazionale del paese africano rappresenta un legame con le sue radici culturali e uno strumento per emanciparsi dalla povertà

di Anna Pujol-Mazzini

foto di Christian Bobst

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MIXTAPE VS⁠ HOT WHEELS⁠, assigned by GEO, published in GEO 02/2020 Nairobi, Kenya: They are shrill, they are loud, they are the backbone of local public transport:⁠ Colorfully pimped "Matatus" - Buses compete to get passengers in Kenia‘s capital Nairobi.⠀

Photos by Christian Bobst, Text by Angela Koekritz ⁠⠀