Dennis and Patrick Weinert are documentary photographers and filmmakers with a focus on culture, human rights, social injustice and conflict. They were born in 1992 and 1994 and are currently based in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany. Before Dennis and Patrick shifted their focus on short and long-form documentary projects, they have spent two years producing TV and online commercials, branded content, corporate videos and commercial photography with their startup Weinert Productions. Among their clients were Colgate Palmolive, Tongal, Machinima, Shutterstock, Sit & Watch A.M.G. and Der Club Bertelsmann. As documentary photographers they have worked across Africa, South Asia, the Americas and Europe, depicting poverty, humanitarian crises and environmental issues. In 2014, Dennis and Patrick started working on their debut photo book called A World in Distress, which deals with the subject of global poverty. They reported on children working in Burkina Fasos gold mines, covered climate c