Temple Road - PhMuseum

Temple Road explores how an industrial area on Frankfurt’s edge transforms every Sunday. Faith communities gather amid warehouses, temporarily shifting the space’s purpose—quietly contrasting weekday industry with weekend spirituality.

On the outskirts of Frankfurt, nestled within an industrial area, lies an enclave that quietly transforms every Sunday. For a brief window each week, a space of shared presence emerges. In this limited span of time, people from a multitude of backgrounds come together—coexisting across religions and nationalities. On just one block, Hindu temples, mosques, and numerous Christian congregations—each with their own unique interpretations of faith—gather side by side.

While the district hosts a bustling workforce during the week, a different energy unfolds on weekends. Within the confines of industrial warehouses, diverse faith communities find spiritual solace in an unlikely setting. Behind closed doors and unnoticed by much of the city, the plain halls of Temple Road come to life with prayers, weddings, and community activities. While institutional churches are ever-present in the urban landscape, these small communities remain hidden and among themselves.

Tucked away in an otherwise utilitarian area, various independent churches and cultural associations coexist between repair shops, office buildings, and one of Germany's largest meat processing factories. Their gatherings are shaped by both belonging and a sense of isolation—each group anchored in its own rhythm, yet all sharing the same time and space. The place itself changes through their presence. An invisible line separates weekdays from weekends, industry from ritual, routine from community—quietly sustaining a space made meaningful only by those who come together in it.

Temple Road
awards, features & exhibitions:

shortlist:

Lens Culture Portrait Award 2025
Lens Culture New Visions Award 2025
Trieste Photo Days 2025 (selected by Harry Gruyaert)
Athens Photo Festival 2024
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2023

group shows:

Ideations at zik, Berlin (August 2025)
Electricity at NONOT Studio, Frankfurt (July 2025)
what happens in the meantime. by Fotobus Society, Leibnizufer, Hanover (May, June 2025)
Under the Rug by Analogue Now at Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin (May, June 2025)
borders and boundaries at AFF Galerie, Berlin (May 2025)
PASSIONATELY at Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt (September 2024)
KANTE at Bethanien Berlin and Kunsthalle Ost Leipzig (March 2024)