Photography is the same, but differnt.

Photography does not duplicate reality, but only constructs an image of reality. The cam helps me to understand the world in a new way and use it to take unreal things. That's good.


I studied fine arts and photography in Hanover and Brunswick by Günther Wolfram Sellung, Rolf Reiner Maria Borchard and Heinrich Riebesehl.


I worked as a journalist, author and photographer for various magazines, publications and radio stations. In 1996, I founded an agency for communication and new media, which I ran until 2021 and then handed over to my successor.


Since 2022 I have been living and working on the Greek island of Samos for most of the year. Here I produce the websites samos.de and samos.blog.


All photos(DNG) were edited in a professional image processing program by minimally invasive interventions so that the original image idea is preserved. All images on this website have been saved in WebP format and contain all metadata.


These photos have been added to Selection EUROPA in the Leica Photography International gallery: Beach Rugby and Poems from the Cam 8


Walter Schoendorf 2025

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WEIRD

From the outer reality

T1030833.jpg | T1030833 | Mismatched couples | Hannover | 2025 T1030833 | Mismatched couples | Hannover | 2025
L1000417.jpg | L1000417 | Bus ride | Neustadt a. Rbg. | 2018 L1000417 | Bus ride | Neustadt a. Rbg. | 2018
L1240636.jpg | L1240636 | Comparison | Hannover | 2023 L1240636 | Comparison | Hannover | 2023
L1430530.jpg | L1430530 | Christmas shopping | Hannover | 2023 L1430530 | Christmas shopping | Hannover | 2023
L1470032.jpg | L1470032 | Glass bottom | Hannover | 2024 L1470032 | Glass bottom | Hannover | 2024
L1130487.jpg | L1130487 | Storage room | Blieskastel | 2022 L1130487 | Storage room | Blieskastel | 2022
L1470025.jpg | L1470025 | Shadow | Hannover | 2024 L1470025 | Shadow | Hannover | 2024
L1450351.jpg | L1450351 | Underpass | Hannover | 2024 L1450351 | Underpass | Hannover | 2024
S1000158.jpg | S1000158 | Basketball court in Karlovasi | Samos | 2024 S1000158 | Basketball court in Karlovasi | Samos | 2024
L1090479.jpg | L1090479 | Cyclist | Hannover | 2021 L1090479 | Cyclist | Hannover | 2021
T1000342.jpg | T1000342 | Gehry-Tower | Hannover | 2025 T1000342 | Gehry-Tower | Hannover | 2025
T1010713.jpg | T1010713 | Abandoned staircase | Hannover | 2025 T1010713 | Abandoned staircase | Hannover | 2025

POEMS

Present is always past

L1420559.jpg | L1420559 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2023 L1420559 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2023
L1150180.jpg | L1150180 | Birch behind glass | Hannover | 2021 L1150180 | Birch behind glass | Hannover | 2021
T1010361.jpg | T1010361 | Staircase exit | Hannover | 2025 T1010361 | Staircase exit | Hannover | 2025
L1230265.jpg | L1230265 | Tram stop | Hannover | 2022 L1230265 | Tram stop | Hannover | 2022
T1020609.jpg | T1020609 | Hanover Airport | Langenhagen | 2025 T1020609 | Hanover Airport | Langenhagen | 2025
T1020162.jpg | T1020162 | Blue glass bricks | Hannover | 2025 T1020162 | Blue glass bricks | Hannover | 2025
L1450064.jpg | L1450064 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | 2024 L1450064 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | 2024
L1410366.jpg | L1410366 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023 L1410366 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023
S1040098.jpg | S1040098 | Abandoned pool | Samos | 2024 S1040098 | Abandoned pool | Samos | 2024
L1410232.jpg | L1410232 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023 L1410232 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023
L1140572.jpg | L1140572 | Coffee shop chairs | Hannover | 2021 L1140572 | Coffee shop chairs | Hannover | 2021
S1050430.jpg | S1050430 | Patio | Samos | 2024 S1050430 | Patio | Samos | 2024
L1200929.jpg | L1200929 | Bottom of a bridge | Hannover | 2022 L1200929 | Bottom of a bridge | Hannover | 2022

BLACK

No color, no pain

L1480868.jpg | L1480868 | Under pass | Hannover | 2024 L1480868 | Under pass | Hannover | 2024
T1030244.jpg | T1030244 | Backyard | Hannover | 2025 T1030244 | Backyard | Hannover | 2025
L1420488.jpg | L1420488 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2023 L1420488 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2023
L1450461.jpg | L1450461 | Shopping area | Hannover | 2024 L1450461 | Shopping area | Hannover | 2024
L1400820.jpg | L1400820 | Stairs to subway | Hannover | 2023 L1400820 | Stairs to subway | Hannover | 2023
T1040105.jpg | T1040105 | Foyer Kunstmuseum | Wolfsburg | 2025 T1040105 | Foyer Kunstmuseum | Wolfsburg | 2025
L1480396.jpg | L1480396 | Escalator | Hannover | 2024 L1480396 | Escalator | Hannover | 2024
L1440351.jpg | L1440351 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023 L1440351 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023
L1440152.jpg | L1440152 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023 L1440152 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023
L1520284.jpg | L1520284 | Twisting alley in Ydroussa | Samos | 2024 L1520284 | Twisting alley in Ydroussa | Samos | 2024
L1450198.jpg | L1450198 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | 2024 L1450198 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | 2024

ART

has no false bottom

L1450600.jpg | L1450600 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024 L1450600 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024
L1180255.jpg | L1180255 | Kunsthalle | Hannover | 2022 L1180255 | Kunsthalle | Hannover | 2022
T1030905.jpg | T1030905 | Kunstmuseum Museum | Wolfsburg | 2025 T1030905 | Kunstmuseum Museum | Wolfsburg | 2025
L1140343.jpg | L1140343 | Kunstverein | Hannover | 2021 L1140343 | Kunstverein | Hannover | 2021
T1010284.jpg | T1010284 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2025 T1010284 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2025
L1410248.jpg | L1410248 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023 L1410248 | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover | 2023
L1430013.jpg | L1430013 | Lichtkunstbahnhof | Celle | 2023 L1430013 | Lichtkunstbahnhof | Celle | 2023
T1040056.jpg | T1040056 | Kunstmuseum Museum | Wolfsburg | 2025 T1040056 | Kunstmuseum Museum | Wolfsburg | 2025
S1070846.jpg | S1070846 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024 S1070846 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024
L1440193.jpg | L1440193 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023 L1440193 | phaeno | Wolfsburg | 2023
L1410932.jpg | L1410932 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2023 L1410932 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2023
T1010295.jpg | T1010295 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2025 T1010295 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2025
L1180151.jpg | L1180140 | Kunsthalle | Hannover | 2022 L1180140 | Kunsthalle | Hannover | 2022
S1080058.jpg | S1080058 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024 S1080058 | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | 2024

GREECE

Where home is

L1380991.jpg | L1380317 | Old tavern in Paleo Karlovasi | Samos | 2023 L1380317 | Old tavern in Paleo Karlovasi | Samos | 2023
S1010927.jpg | S1010927 | The hosts of the Omonia tavern in Drakei | Samos | 2024 S1010927 | The hosts of the Omonia tavern in Drakei | Samos | 2024
L1370838.jpg | L1370838 | Soap factory | Samos | 2023 L1370838 | Soap factory | Samos | 2023
S1040466.jpg | S1040466 | Tavern in Karlovasi | Samos | 2024 S1040466 | Tavern in Karlovasi | Samos | 2024
L1510132.jpg | L1510132 | Bird travels by ship | Samos | 2024 L1510132 | Bird travels by ship | Samos | 2024
L1070028.jpg | L1070028 | Grocery store | Fourni | 2021 L1070028 | Grocery store | Fourni | 2021
L1510407.jpg | L1510407 | Pentecost procession | Samos | 2024 L1510407 | Pentecost procession | Samos | 2024
L1010986.jpg | L1010986 | Ship mooring | Fourni | 2020 L1010986 | Ship mooring | Fourni | 2020
S1030549.jpg | S1030549 | Street scene in Neo Karlovasi | Samos | 2024 S1030549 | Street scene in Neo Karlovasi | Samos | 2024
L1070395.jpg | L1070395 | Snack seller | Fourni | 2021 L1070395 | Snack seller | Fourni | 2021
L1200406.jpg | L1200406 | Distilling pomace | Samos | 2022 L1200406 | Distilling pomace | Samos | 2022
L1300537.jpg | L1300537 | Mother of the marble dealer | Samos | 2022 L1300537 | Mother of the marble dealer | Samos | 2022
L1000946.jpg | L1000946 | Back room of a tavern | Fourni | 2020 L1000946 | Back room of a tavern | Fourni | 2020

OPPS

When people run into your shot

T1030698.jpg | T1030698 | Pedestrian underpass | Hannover | 2025 T1030698 | Pedestrian underpass | Hannover | 2025
L1240522.jpg | L1240522 | Pedestrian zone | Hannover | 2022 L1240522 | Pedestrian zone | Hannover | 2022
T1020524.jpg | T1020524 | Bismarkstraße train station | Hannover | 2025 T1020524 | Bismarkstraße train station | Hannover | 2025
L1090719.jpg | L1090719 | Tram stop | Hannover | 2019 L1090719 | Tram stop | Hannover | 2019
L1420794.jpg | L1420794 | Town hall | Hannover | 2023 L1420794 | Town hall | Hannover | 2023
L1170896.jpg | L1170896 | Herrenhausen Gardens | Hannover | 2022 L1170896 | Herrenhausen Gardens | Hannover | 2022
S1060452.jpg | S1050189 | Cafe in Karlovasi harbor | Samos | 2024 S1050189 | Cafe in Karlovasi harbor | Samos | 2024
L1470858.jpg | L1470858 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2024 L1470858 | Airport | Langenhagen | 2024
S1050189.jpg | S1050189 | In Karlovasi harbor | Samos | 2024 S1050189 | In Karlovasi harbor | Samos | 2024
L1170618.jpg | L1170618 | Pedestrian zone | Hannover | 2021 L1170618 | Pedestrian zone | Hannover | 2021
L1400464.jpg | L1400464 | On the ferry | Greecey | 2023 L1400464 | On the ferry | Greecey | 2023
L1380847.jpg | L1380847 | Limani | Samos | 2023 L1380847 | Limani | Samos | 2023
T1030190.jpg | T1030190 | Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Promenade | Hannover | 2025 T1030190 | Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Promenade | Hannover | 2025
L1410017.jpg | L1410017 | Christmas market | Hannover | 2023 L1410017 | Christmas market | Hannover | 2023
T1010540.jpg | T1010540 | Graffiti at Ihme Center | Hannover | 2025 T1010540 | Graffiti at Ihme Center | Hannover | 2025
L1170974.jpg | L1170974 | Herrenhausen Gardens | Hannover | 2022 L1170974 | Herrenhausen Gardens | Hannover | 2022