Overview
- The Ruhr Museum in Essen is showing Gesichter des Reviers – Vom Ankommen und Dazugehören by actor-photographer Armin Rohde, with free entry reported and a run through June 7, 2026.
- The portraits focus on people whose lives and jobs tie them to the Ruhr region, centering stories of immigration, arrival and belonging.
- The Brost-Stiftung initiated the project with the museum as part of Wege ins Revier, an effort that highlights the area’s migration history.
- Rohde draws on his own working-class roots in Gladbeck as the son of a miner and a factory worker, which shapes his view of identity and place.
- He photographs with closeness and trust, often shooting spontaneously on film sets and saying he never comes to work without his camera.