It is about the possibility of retaining sovereignty over one's own life in the appropriation of the living environment and its conscious design. Homes created by the individuals who live in them, built on a small, manageable scale, all too often, have to give way in our anonymous, extensively planned cities. The Japanese and German artists use the possibilities of an aesthetically sophisticated pictorial language to stimulate reflection on individuality and anonymization across national and cultural borders. These small beauty spots in the cities and what they express are the subject of both photo series. Canham's "Fango" shows a Lüneburg site of construction wagons whose exterior and interior spaces can be adapted to the needs of the residents (Mobile Squatters). Nakazato's "Portraits of Sheds" reflect the creativity of their makers and bridge the gap between old functionality and contemporary art objects.