LOBA 2025 in Mannheim. Interview with curator Stephanie Herrmann

Alejandro Cegarra: The walker. A migrant walks on top of a parked freight train known as “The Beast” on the outskirts of Piedras Negras, Mexico 2023.
From the series “The Two Walls” © Alejandro Cegarra/LOBA 2025

Alejandro Cegarra: Ruben Soto (right) a migrant from Venezuela, with Rosa Bello, a Honduran migrant, on top of the train known as “The Beast”. Samalayuca, Mexico 2023. From the series “The Two Walls” © Alejandro Cegarra/LOBA 2025

Serghei Duve: Family shooting with an air rifle. Tiraspol, Transnistria, Republic of Moldova 2024. From the series “Bright Memory” © Serghei Duve/LOBA 2025

Serghei Duve: Artjom and Sergej hold the ladder for Sergej’s son Kiril in the waters divided between Moldova and Ukraine, Dnestrovsk 2023. From the series “Bright Memory” © Serghei Duve/LOBA 2025

Lynsey Addario Sonya’s vitals are monitored at a palliative care center. Chernivitsi, Ukraine 2024. From the series “‘Mom, I Want to Live’ – A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer” © Lynsey Addario/LOBA 2025

Xiangjie Peng Drag queens attending a “Medusa Realness” event (Queer Party and Record Label), the first drag tour party after the Covid 19 lockdown. Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2023. From the series “The Rise of Queer Underground Party Culture in China” © Xiangjie Peng/LOBA 2025

Arlette Bashizi Displaced people who have not yet received materials to build tents take shelter in a church. Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2024. From the series “Beyond Numbers” © Arlette Bashizi/LOBA 2025

Gideon Mendel Eruabai Ase in her flooded home in Otuaba, Nigeria 2022. From the series “Deluge” © Gideon Mendel/LOBA 2025