German Brothel Vs German Prison By Jürgen Chill

Has Chill has pioneered a new photographic typology? I was fascinated by the order each work; the order each cell. I must presume this order is the inmates doing and not the photographers. Chill’s work is labour intensive. The reason he nor the camera falls is because each image is a stitch over one hundred photographs, captured by a digital SLR mounted on a boom, pressed – facing downward – against the ceiling surface.
Chill is aware that entering his work in the category ‘Favourite Places’ may seem careless or even cynical, especially as the inmates are not pictured. On the other hand, as he notes on his website, “the barren rooms the inmates are highly individualized and at least temporary qualify as de facto ‘Favorite Places’.” In 2006 he stated: