Schwinden [Dwindling] is an ongoing photographic collection of dissolving places caused by climate change and human construction. Coastal erosion has dramatic effects on living space and human activity and is mostly caused by the invasive construction on the coastal line and the use of sand for building purposes. Erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock or dissolved material from one location on the Earths crust, and then transported away to another location. While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10-40 times the rate at which erosion is occurring globally. Intensive agriculture, deforestation, roads anthropogenic climate change, and urban sprawl are amongst the most significant human activities in regard to their effect on stimulating erosion. However, there are many prevention practices that can curtail or limit erosion of vulnerable soils. The project Schwinden follows the passing of time and the traces left behind. The photographed coastlines have been so severely affected by erosion that they no longer exist in the same form. The work demonstrates the limits of our belief in the „manageability“ of our natural surroundings. Furthermore, it reflects on the nature of photography itself, since each picture contains a moment captured and simultaneously lost forever - Caroline van Courten. Schwinden is an ongoing project and contains so far 50 works.