Hi! My name is Jan-Hendrik Lühr, I am from Hamburg, Germany and started streetphotography in 2020, as I tried to cope with a depressive phase in my life.
I joined my local streetcollective in Hamburg this year, but I work mostly non commercial until now.
Before I tried out landscape photography for two years, but I found I just don't have the patience for it.
While I dived into the topic of streetphotography, I quickly noticed it really helped me to create positive thoughts, as I - who you can imagine as a typical 'put-overear -headphones -on-and-always-look-at-your-phone' kind of guy - begin to see the small, funny, stunning, random matches and most of all beautiful moments of interpersonal interactions between (random) human beings.
Moments like a smile and the gratitute in the eyes after someone noticed a pedestrian girl losing her purse and running after and handing it to her, random people having a small chat and share a laughter - or just some person who acted clumsy and laughed about their mistake after it - it all fills up the cold, structured city life with humanity and warmth, giving sense to our lifes, and showing us that our race is - against all the bad recent news - still endowed with the potential to change the world for the better.
Sharing this moments brings great joy to me - and - if a photograph of mine makes only one person smile - it has done the job for me.
