Julia Sellmann Photography | Black Devils

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Hands are clutching metal bars, cigarettes and spit drop on the pitch. Faggot, wanker, asshole: these are some of the friendlier names the players call each other.

barbwires surround the prison walls

barbwires surround the prison walls

The Black Devils are Germany’s first and only American football team made up of prisoners. It was founded in 2008 in Herford prison by André Bauch, who wanted to give the inmates a new way to deal with their anger and energy through sports.

farewell ceremony for a prisoner

farewell ceremony for a prisoner

"We’ve got all sorts here, from small-time crooks to murderers"

No Sports
№ 08 / 2017
Picture Editor: Jens Kuiper
Writer: Jonah Lemm

Julia Sellmann is a photographer with a special focus on portraits, based in Cologne, Germany.

She holds a BA in photography from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, where she is currently studying for
a Master‘s degree.

Contact:
+49 1575 9610 710
info@juliasellmann.com

Travels: 02.08.2020 – 12.08.2020 Frankfurt, Mainz, Berlin

Selected Clients
Die Zeit
Zeit Magazin
Süddeutsche Zeitung
SZ Magazin
The Guardian
Das Magazin
Greenpeace Magazin
Brand Eins
Capital
Business Punk
Stern
Spiegel
Zeit Verbrechen
Focus
11 Freunde
Vice
Aktion Mensch
Airbnb
Lufthansa
Mercedes
VW
Postbank
Ergo
Malteser
muehlhausmoers
C3
Strichpunkt Design

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