ABOUT LINUS
Linus Höller (Hoeller) is a press and travel photographer based in Chicago. Some of his photo reporting includes the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, Capitol Hill and the White House, the Polish presidential election, violent demonstrations against the government’s coronavirus measures in Germany and severe weather. He is well-versed in reporting on local news topics on both sides of the Atlantic as well as global issues, and speaks four languages.
Believing that visiting a place is the only way to truly understand it, he is a prolific traveler who has visited 38 countries on five continents.
Linus holds a BSc in Journalism, Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. He has also received an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a second master’s from MGIMO University in International Relations with a specialization on WMD Nonproliferation, Nuclear Policy and Global Security as a dual-degree.
Linus’ reporting has been published in the Washington Post, ProPublica, ICIJ, Defense News, AFP, Military Times, UPI, Medill News Service, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung and elsewhere.
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Italy’s Stromboli volcano erupts in August of 2019.
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A protester is arrested for violent behavior at a demonstration against Covid measures in Berlin, August 2020.
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Far-right protesters express their anger at the police in Berlin, August 2020.
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A far-right protester throws a glass bottle at a police officer in Berlin, August 2020.
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Police remove the last remaining demonstrators from outside Berlin’s Reichstag building following a day of partly violent protests, August 2020.
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A Chicago Department of Public Health vehicle stands on State Street as a nurse walks past permanently closed stores.
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A demonstrator argues with police amid partly violent protests against Coronavirus-countermeasures in Berlin, August 2020.
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Lightning erupts over the distant skyline of Chicago following an unusually warm day on March 5, 2022. (Linus Hoeller)
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A woman gets out of her car to show her support for pro-Trump protesters in Northbrook, IL, September 2020.
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The bridge over the Chicago river is raised to protect Trump tower against anticipated election-related violence in November of 2020.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, in purple, walks alongside Jacob Blake Sr., in red, and the family of George Floyd, in a peaceful protest in Evanston, IL, October 2020.
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Despite the warm temperatures on this March day, patches of snow and ice were persistent reminders that this time of year tends to still be rather chilly in Illinois, despite the occasional warm weather. (Linus Hoeller)
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Lake Michigan lies frozen over as temperatures drop to -20°C in Chicago in the winter of 2021. (Linus Hoeller)
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A storefront on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile lies boarded up following a summer of racial violence and a Coronavirus-induced recession.
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The Kentucky National Guard blocks a street in downtown Louisville following the verdict in the Breonna Taylor police violence case.
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A police line in Berlin following partly violent anti-Covid-meausre protests in August, 2020
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A police line in Berlin following partly violent anti-Covid-meausre protests in August, 2020
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Protesters march in Louisville on the weekend following the non-conviction of the police officers involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting.
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Police protect Germany’s parliament, the Reichstag, following an unsuccessful attempt at storming the building by far-right protesters in August of 2020
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A sign lies on the ground in front of a police line outside the Reichstag following an attempted storming of the building by far-right protesters, August 2020.