Ela Mergels published her book "walking in between" in 1998 with photos of German transsexuals. In it, she not only shows the usual portrait photos, but also tries to capture the living environment: the dreary high-rise housing estate, the wall with the souvenir photos, the bathroom with the cosmetics and the dumbbells next to the bed.
The result is an authentic snapshot that gives an insight into the lives and impressions of the lives of these trans women and trans men. And that's exactly where the difference to many other photographers who turn to the topic of transgender people lies: nothing glamorous, no travesty art, but also no tragedies, but - lived normality.
