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BY ANNA-LUISA BALLAUF
Photographer & Documentary Storyteller
Photographing artists, communities and cultures and the worlds that form around them
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Join date: Dec 28, 2022
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Aug 17, 2026 ∙ 8 min
Danger or Opportunity. Bhutan Doesn't Need to Become Somewhere Else
On progress, migration, screens and what one of the world's smallest countries might want to protect while it changes. 10 years ago I travelled for the first time to Bhutan and I fell in love with the culture, the people, the energy. One thought keeps me currently up at night, especially since the country changes with every time I go back. Therefore, I decided to share that thought. In the Bhutanese highlands, I watched a mother sit with prayer beads in her hands and pray for the protection...
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Jul 31, 2026 ∙ 4 min
Why we founded WeAreEvents: The Artist Should Not Be the Last Person in the Room to Benefit
I founded We Are Events together with Renée (a wondeful woman I met during one of my exhibitions) because I was tired of watching artists create the value and then disappear from the story. It happens. A photographer makes the image everyone posts. A musician gives the evening its atmosphere. A designer builds the visual world. An artist lends a project the credibility no sponsorship deck could manufacture. Their work becomes the part people remember. Then the event ends. The brand keeps the...
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Jul 31, 2026 ∙ 5 min
New Orleans, According to My Google Maps
I came to work with Gumball 3000, the Gumball 3000 Foundation and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. I fell in love with three-trombone jazz, chargrilled oysters and a coffee courtyard that reminded me of Saigon. New Orleans is the sort of city that turns a short Google Maps list into 41 saved places. I had come for a project bringing together Gumball 3000, its foundation and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Before the work started, I stayed for a few days by myself and explored...
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