Claudius Schulze lives in Istanbul, Turkey, Antwerpen, Belgium. You can likely find Claudius on a photo stalk elsewhere in the world when he's not in Istanbul training his once-feral black cat. With his love of a fresh falafel sandwich, he especially enjoys photographing in the Middle East. For example, over the course of five months, he studied Arabic in Aleppo, Syria, and served as a full-time intern to Transparency International in Amman, Jordan. What's more, he took pictures the whole time. Claudius studied Islamic Science in Hamburg, but moved operations to Istanbul after discovering that döner kebap was not a traditional German dish. His current studies focus on graphic representations of violence in mainstream photojournalism. Claudius loves his engaging Istanbul life, but you can send him on a worldwide assignment at any time.