In my Work „Excl“ I combined the following three chapters who are dealing with the displacement and general struggles of marginalized groups such as homeless people, refugees, drug addicts, teenagers or just „bad“ consumers. In the photgraphic history there are many works who are dealing with homelessness , that do show the individuals in many differnet perspective, but I find that most of them, like close up portraits, do show of the miserable situations of these individuals. But often without pointing out the daily struggles and structural discrimination they have to face in their daily life. I find it that these portraits do often tend to only serve the photographer who took them and the voyeurism of the viewers. But not the human and society struggles itself. That is why I choosed to focus in my work on the structual discrimination through the design of urban space. To compare these evolution I travelled to several cities such as new York, London, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Innsbruck and Leipzig where I photographed the new inner city gated communities, the hostile design elements in seemingly public space and the use of vegetation to discipline the inhabitants in urban enviroments. The targeted use of light makes inconspicuous objects visible and thus elevates them to isolated artifacts. The increase of the graphic quality with the help of shooting techniques to improve the depth of field, however, remind us again of visual habits that are familiar to us from advertising. The resulting unfamiliar representation is intended to provide an occasion to reflect on one's own perception of urban space. Excl Historically, the trend toward urbanization has continued unabated; in 2008, for the first time, more people worldwide lived in cities than in rural areas. In parallel, a new architecture of exclusion has developed. The renowned architect and former partner of Zaha Hadid Architects, Patrik Schumacher, presented his eight-point manifesto for the first time at the World Architecture Festival 2006 in Berlin: In it, he calls for, among other things, the abolition of all government regulations and subsidies in housing construction, land use and rent control. Social housing and public spaces are only obstacles that need to be removed. Under point eight, he concludes his manifesto with the demand: "Privatization of all streets, squares, public spaces and parks, if possible entire neighborhoods". "POPS" (privately owned public spaces) are supposedly public places where which private companies take over the design, maintenance and security. Through the privatization of public space, restrictive rules and regulations such as "stay without the intention to consume" can be implemented in what actually appear to be public and in many places are the only meeting spaces that are left. Examples of these "beautiful new living and working" in the "managed world" are visualized in the work "Excl". The urban centers of London, Paris, New York, Berlin and Hamburg come together in their uniformity: anonymous spaces, subtle installations that establish a modern, sterile and supposedly safe environment. Through the subjectively condensed images it is no longer possible to define where exactly the individual photo has been taken. Which image is located in London, New York, Paris or Berlin remains open to the viewer. The ambivalent glossy depiction of these seemingly optimized urban spaces, with their representative facades, guidance systems, and defense devices, stages and compares this development. In response to the question of the documentary character of "depicting reality", a deliberate decision is made to avoid a supposedly objective, neutral representation. The chapter Energy Absorbing Planters"shows the urban vegetation, functioning as a protective wall in the completely privatized district "Canary Wharf" / London. No lamppost, no plant was designed for its own sake, the architecture and the associated urban space predominantly designed according to security and exclusion aspects. In which also the rights according to whether and what may be photographed, were determined by the owner. The "Silent Agents", shows various forms of exclusionary interventions in urban (supposedly) public space, the so-called "defensive architecture" or "hostile design". Staged with several lightening technics, these images has been produceed with a mobile studio, set up at night to highlight these installations who are supposed to be not noticed by the regular user. But been modified or build in the purpose to displace or discipline them. "Large heavy stones lying under a bridge, seemingly at random. They are hardly noticeable, not to the walker passing by, not to the cyclist passing by. Yet the stones were put there on purpose, too big and too heavy to be rolled away by those who seek shelter here from rain, wind, and cold." Contrary to Bentham's prison concept via the panopticon, in which inmates discipline themselves through the mediated, uninterrupted surveillance. The installations thematized here do become "silent agents." Designed to control the behavior of the people without the actual presence of the respective authorities. Whereby the commonality of the two concepts lies in the disciplining through the design of the space. Through the subliminal disciplining the behavior is influenced more subtly, this do affect the individual actors depending on social, cultural and economic capital. That means hey perceive it differently - if at all. "Urban analyses are social analyses, social analyses are also urban analyses" -Jurgen Friedrichs. The respective displacement processes connected with it are here mostly homogeneous, in the competition of the cities. Clean, supposedly safe investment objects are to be created, which differ only in their designs and due to local factors. Overall, it can be observed that marginalized groups are more often directly affected then others. If, according to Hannah Arendt, "private" has been used since antiquity for the realm of the household and "public" stands for the space of the political, then specific groups are excluded from political participation and thereby from the formation of social opinion through displacement from the public sphere. I.E. For a homeless person the only opportunity to participate in the democratic process, is most of the times his presence in public space, when they become displaced, and are no longer visible, their are no longer visible for the society but the problem isn't solved. "For some are in the dark and others are in the light, and those in the light are seen, but those in the dark are not seen. not." -Threepenny Opera, Bertholt Brecht Image description, first 6 images "Silent Agents": 1. Hamburg, stones underneath bridge to prevent that homeless people finding shelter 2.New York City, spikes installed to stop loitering 3. Paris, Stone/cement construction to prevent people from begging for money or food, in a roofed corner beside a supermarkt entrance 4. London, air ventilation system from which warm air flows out in winter. Designed to prevent people to warm up by lying on the grids. 5. New York, busstop bench, obviously later on installed armrest to provide people from lying down. 6. Paris, Stone covered roofed entrance of an office building "Energy absorbing planters" images 7-9 "Excl-Pops" 10-15