Right in the centre of Hanover the Eilenriede, one of the most important municipal forests in Europe, covers an area of roughly 650 hectares. In the course of almost 2 years, the Hanover-born Jens Franke has documented this fascinating habitat on an almost daily basis. He used a Leica M9 for that.

The result of his efforts: a calendar presenting 12 motives selected out of more than 5,000 photographs. These pictures show the wonderful changes in nature over the seasons and are a homage to nature and its characteristic traits as well as to the city of Hanover.

The project is not a commercial one. All profits that surmount the costs of the production will be donated to rebuild a rehabilitation centre for ill or injured animals in the Waldstation Eilenriede.

The movie is a documentation of the project and was lovely hand-crafted by Thorsten Konrad and the helping hands of Ulf Germann, David Hoffmann and David Kamp.

Please visit the website to learn more about the project:
lebensraum-eilenriede.de
de-de.facebook.com/lebensraum.eilenriede

Credits:
Thorsten Konrad: thorstenkonrad.de
Jens Franke: frankephoto.com
Ulf Germann: ulfgermann.de
David Hoffmann: pickone.de
David Kamp: davidkamp.de

The music is from the album "the 24th" by Rasmus Kellerman:
rasmuskellerman.com
itunes.apple.com/de/album/the-24th/id370068557