For the Group of Eight summit, Heiligendamm was turned into a high-security fortress. 7.5 miles long and 8 feet tall, a fence was designed to protect the leaders of the world's eight richest countries. The G8 summit in Heiligendamm costed a round 92 million euros just for security.
In opposite to photo journalism Martin Krenn decided to shoot silent images and to use an analog middle-format camera with no tele zoom lens, no flash and no auto focus.