Lakota Nation

Wolfram Scheible Fotografie

Wolfram Scheible Fotografie

Fotograf aus Stuttgart

The land of the Sioux, the proud warriors who fire the imagination especially of us Germans, since Karl May with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand literarily improved the reality of the Wild West.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Dancers from different Indian tribes at a dance competition in a community hall on the reservation.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Dancers from different Indian tribes at a dance competition in a community hall on the reservation.

Dancers from different Indian tribes at a dance competition in a community hall.

Dancers from different Indian tribes at a dance competition on the reservation.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A boy smoothes an American flag hanging from his family

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A boy smoothes an American flag hanging from his family

A boy is straightening an American flag hanging from his family's house on the reservation.

A boy planted an American flag at his family home.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In an old fort that has become a tourist resort there is a doll in Indian dress.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In an old fort that has become a tourist resort there is a doll in Indian dress.

A doll in Indian clothing serves as a photo backdrop for tourists in a historic fort.

A doll in Indian clothing serves as a photo backdrop.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: An abandoned Indian tent in a forest where members of the American Indian Movement meet.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: An abandoned Indian tent in a forest where members of the American Indian Movement meet.

By members of the American Indian Movement abandoned Indian tent.

An abandoned Indian tent in a forest.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In the community centre in one of the settlements older tribal members are served lunch and coffee.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In the community centre in one of the settlements older tribal members are served lunch and coffee.

In the community hall in one of the settlements, older people are served lunch and coffee.

Older ones in the community hall in one of the settlements.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: For many men in the settlements of the reservation, everyday life consists of sitting and doing nothing.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: For many men in the settlements of the reservation, everyday life consists of sitting and doing nothing.

For many men in the settlements of the reservation, everyday life consists of boredom.

Men sit in front of a house in a settlement.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In one of the settlement houses men are sitting in front of the television with one of the children and a rabbit in a basket.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In one of the settlement houses men are sitting in front of the television with one of the children and a rabbit in a basket.

In one of the settlement houses men are sitting in front of the television with one of the children and a rabbit.

Men in front of the TV.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Children help to build a big tent in which a sweating ceremony will take place later.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Children help to build a big tent in which a sweating ceremony will take place later.

Children help to build a big tent in which a sweating ceremony will take place later.

Children help to build a big tent.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: On one of the few tarred roads in the reserve, an old car drives with lights on, while the landscape behind it is covered by a rainbow.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: On one of the few tarred roads in the reserve, an old car drives with lights on, while the landscape behind it is covered by a rainbow.

On one of the few tarred roads in the reserve, a car drives while a rainbow spans the land.

Rainbow over one of the few tarred roads in the reserve.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Indians meet for a picnic in the forest.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Indians meet for a picnic in the forest.

Meeting for a picnic in the forest.

Picnic in the woods.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Chief Frank Fools Crow was one of the spiritual leaders of the Oglala Lakota. He sits at home in his armchair and keeps silent.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Chief Frank Fools Crow was one of the spiritual leaders of the Oglala Lakota. He sits at home in his armchair and keeps silent.

Chief Frank Fools Crow, one of the spiritual leaders of the Oglala Lakota.

Chief Frank Fools Crow, one of the spiritual leaders of the Oglala Lakota.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In the visitor center of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial a video is running, which reminds of the many buffalo herds in the prairie

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: In the visitor center of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial a video is running, which reminds of the many buffalo herds in the prairie

At Mount Rushmore National Memorial a video reminds us of the many herds of buffalo.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A woman with an eagle feather in her hand carries water into the tent, where a sweating ceremony is just beginning.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A woman with an eagle feather in her hand carries water into the tent, where a sweating ceremony is just beginning.

A woman carries water into the tent, where a sweating ceremony is just beginning.

A woman carries water into a tent for a sweating ceremony.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A woman sits with children in front of the hut and crushes collected empty beer cans to earn some money by selling them.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A woman sits with children in front of the hut and crushes collected empty beer cans to earn some money by selling them.

A woman crushes collected empty beer cans to make some money by selling them.

A woman sells collected empty beer cans.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: When it rains, the huts of one of the typical reserve settlements seem even more depressing.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: When it rains, the huts of one of the typical reserve settlements seem even more depressing.

Cabins in one of the typical reserve settlements when it rains.

Rain in one of the typical reserve settlements.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A child plays with water from a hose while sitting for washing in a plastic paddling pool in a settlement.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: A child plays with water from a hose while sitting for washing in a plastic paddling pool in a settlement.

A child plays with water from a hose while sitting t for washing in a plastic paddling pool in a settlemen.

A child plays with water from a hose.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Indian silouettes to photograph.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Indian silouettes to photograph.

Indian silouettes to photograph.

Indian silouettes to photograph.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: During a dance competition a dancer in full ornament sits with his children in the corridor to eat from paper plates.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: During a dance competition a dancer in full ornament sits with his children in the corridor to eat from paper plates.

During a dance competition a dancer in full ornament sits with his children in the corridor to eat.

During a dance competition a dancer in full ornament eats with his children.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Older Indians queue up at the food counter in the community hall.

Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: Older Indians queue up at the food counter in the community hall.

Indians are queuing at the food counter in the community center.

Indians at the food counter in the town hall.

It remains unclear who is the locked-in.

It remains unclear who is the locked-in.

Being wild at the end.

Being wild...

Series

Wolfram Scheible Fotografie

Wolfram Scheible Fotografie

Fotograf aus Stuttgart

One of the greatest challenges in photography is the creation of a photo series. Each individual photo should reach a consistently high level and have an expression that is unique to it, yet with the next picture continue along a common path. The best way to achieve this is to be flexible, to deviate at any time from the path that you originally imagined as the solution. An apparent contradiction, but good photos can be surprising.

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Aerial and Drone photography: editorial photography: Two firefighters in their fire engine on the nightly drive with blue lights.

Fire Department

Aerial and Drone photography: editorial photography: The doll of an astronaut is above the entrance to the Kennedy Space Center in the blue sky.

Kennedy Space Center

Aerial and Drone photography: editorial photography: Power: A photo series of people doing sports. Sweat and happiness unite in their faces.

Show of Strength

editorial photography at a psychiatric ward: A male patient is in bed. He is wearing a necklace with a piece of jewellery in the shape of a razor blade. On his neck are the traces of a rope with which he tried to kill himself.

Psychiatry

Aerial and Drone photography: travel photography: Mauritius: An overloaded truck transports harvested sugar cane to the factory.

Mauritius

Aerial and Drone photography: Black and white reportage photography at various workplaces in the early nineties: A plumber climbs into the wall cupboard of a typical old Berlin backyard apartment to repair a sewage pipe.

Work

Aerial and Drone photography: Reportage photography on slide film in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA: An abandoned Indian tent in a forest where members of the American Indian Movement meet.

Lakota Nation

Aerial and Drone photography: Editorial photography at the Salvation Army: Two women in white aprons serve soup to the needy. Above the window to the kitchen hangs a picture of a beautiful alpine landscape.

Salvation Army

Aerial and Drone photography: Reportage photographyGDR border opening in 1989: Vehicles from the GDR drive across the open border at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing and are greeted by waving West Germans.Editorial photography: GDR border opening in 1989: Vehicles from the GDR drive across the open border at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing and are greeted by waving West Germans.

Fall of the Wall