After the Welcome is a long-term documentary project examining how Germany’s relationship to migration has evolved since 2015. It begins with the symbolic moment of “Wir schaffen das!” (“We can do this!”) and follows how initial gestures of openness have gradually given way to polarization, competing narratives, and shifting ideas of belonging.

Starting in the summer of 2025, Hübner will travel across cities and rural regions, meeting people from different social and cultural backgrounds. Through conversations, observation, photography, field notes, video and audio recordings, he documents how individual lives intersect with national debates — how political discourse enters everyday spaces, and how uncertainty, solidarity, fatigue, and resistance coexist.

Rather than offering conclusions or solutions, the project remains attentive to small encounters and lived realities: to subtle tensions, quiet forms of care, and unresolved questions. The work seeks to build a layered portrait of a society in transition — listening closely to voices often spoken about, yet rarely heard, and tracing how Germany continues to negotiate identity, responsibility, and coexistence.

After the Welcome is a long-term documentary project examining how Germany’s relationship to migration has evolved since 2015. It begins with the symbolic moment of “Wir schaffen das!” (“We can do this!”) and follows how initial gestures of openness have gradually given way to polarization, competing narratives, and shifting ideas of belonging.

Starting in the summer of 2025, Hübner will travel across cities and rural regions, meeting people from different social and cultural backgrounds. Through conversations, observation, photography, field notes, video and audio recordings, he documents how individual lives intersect with national debates — how political discourse enters everyday spaces, and how uncertainty, solidarity, fatigue, and resistance coexist.

Rather than offering conclusions or solutions, the project remains attentive to small encounters and lived realities: to subtle tensions, quiet forms of care, and unresolved questions. The work seeks to build a layered portrait of a society in transition — listening closely to voices often spoken about, yet rarely heard, and tracing how Germany continues to negotiate identity, responsibility, and coexistence.