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Barbara Yelin

Barbara Yelin Barbara Yelin was born in Munich in 1977 and studied illustration at the HAW Hamburg. In September and October 2011, the illustrator travelled to the Egyptian capital of Cairo and reported on the Arab Spring in a graphic travel journal for the Goethe-Institut. In 2015, she received the Bavarian Art Prize for Literature and in 2016 the Max and Moritz Prize for best German-language comic artist.

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For me, the difference between travel photography and travel drawing is...
"... well, first of all, there is a big difference in the timing! When I draw, I remember it much better afterwards. Photos are very important to me so that I can look at the details again afterwards."

When I draw...
"... I discover a lot of new things. And at the same time, I always reach the limits of my skills. A constant back and forth."

Inspirations on my ‘travels’ have been, above all...
"... Christoph Niemann."

I would like to travel...
"... travel to Nepal and record the Himalayas there."

My reading for my next trip will include...
"... all the books that I wanted to read a long time ago! But the luggage is too heavy! I am just on tour and I have by Dmitrij Kapitelmann Das Lächeln meines unsichtbaren Vaters in my suitcase and by Paula Bulling / Anne König Bruchlinien."

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