This is what one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the lighthouse of Alexandria looks like today - or more accurately, this is what the scene looks like, since it's gone. Find the rest of the wonders in Hans Engels' The Seven Wonders.

Ralf Brück's Distortion contains quite a few very interesting images. Not all of them work for me, but the ones that do are very successful.

I suppose it's easiest to think of the young women who contort themselves as part of their warm-up routine in M. Schwarzer's Garde & Mariechen as folk cheerleaders. If you want to know more about this and see some in action have a look at this video (which, I must warn you, you will not be able to unsee) or this video (basically a mix of Toddlers & Tiaras and the Can Can, start watching at 1min00 in).

This is an image from Paula Markert's wonderful Die Verhältnisse, dealing with family life and relationships in ways that I've rarely seen. Unfortunately, there is no English translation for the quotes used throughout the piece.

This is a spread from Marina Weigl's Horse and I. Those with a sense of humour might also enjoy her Class of 2009.

I don't know whether Liverpool by Eric Meier is most necessarily his most representative work, but it simply interests me the most.

Bigi Möhrle's Alp - about a farm, making cheese, in the Alps - is almost a bit too idyllic. Beautiful. (via)

Beyond by Loredana Nemes portrays the world inside Turkish and Arab men-only cafes in Berlin - from the outside. The photographer is barred from entering.

"On the biggest cemetery of Europe in Hamburg up to 1.7 million people are buried. This cemetery is more than a burial ground. It is a mystic place of the grief and the stop, as well as a workplace for numerous people who have to deal with the death every day." - Jan-Christoph Hartung about his Memento Mori

Nina Röder's Teresia photographically reconstructs scenes from the photographer's grandmother's life (who had been expelled from her home at the end of World War II).

"Is nature behaving correctly?" - Clemens Bechmann (via)

With DL07 stereotypes of war, a photographic investigation, Jens Liebchen investigates the visual language of photojournalism covering war.

Christian Tiefensee's Refugium (pdf download) mixes photography from different sources - his own images plus found ones - to create a body of work that centers on the idea of, well, refuge.

This is a photo from Simone Rosenbauer's borderline overwhelming Small Museum (104 photos!).

I quite like Jennifer Braun's Irgendwo. I wish there were more images, it's a very poetic series (even though it is somewhat marred by the - German-language only - statement). (via)