In The Manor, German photographer Anja Putensen’s (born 1977) photographs of the rural landscape of Estonia and Latvia—characterized by numerous manor-style houses—accompany historical accounts of Estonian, Latvian and German Baltic childhood memories.
Layers of Memory in a Historical Cultural Landscape
Published by Kerber.
Lüneburg Heath, in the northeast of Lower Saxony, has a checkered history: the barren landscape has housed prisoner-of-war camps, the Bergen Belson concentration camp and hosted British troops until 1993. Photographer Anja Putensen (born 1977) captures the region, traces of its history still visible today.
Anja Putensen: The Heath