Photoszene, The PhotoBookMuseum, Galerie Lichtblick and Pixum invited all Cologne residents to send them their entirely personal view of their city. There was one condition: The photos (in homage to "Köln 5 Uhr 30" by Cologne-based photographer Chargesheimer) had to be taken in the morning at around 5.30 – so when the sun is slowly rising, but the city is still asleep. A jury, consisting of Markus Schaden, Wolfgang Zurborn, Tina Schelhorn and Damian Zimmermann, chose the best 111 photographs out of 650 submissions. They are presented as a slide show at The PhotoBookMuseum.

As a second step a book has now also been published at our partner Pixum, and will be available from November onwards. Display copies are currently on show at The PhotoBookMuseum. For better calculation of circulation, we are inviting pre-orders at a price of 25 Euro per book. To place your order send an e-mail by 31 October 2014 to 5uhr30@photoszene.de The book will cost 30 Euro in bookshops.