Europa II
Wieder und noch immer
Ort: Rotterdam
Sonne scheint. Klappstuhl auspacken. Draufsetzen. Maximale Entspannung. Wer braucht schon Karibikurlaub?
Rotterdam Zuid Gewerbeverzeichnis: Western Union. Internetcafe. Restaurant Baskent. Afrikanischer Frisör. Versandunternehmen . . .
Rotterdam Kamera
Images from Western Europe
In case you have not guessed it: Kamera means camera in German.
It is a pretty different task to take photos of a place you live in. There is less of a feeling of discovery. This is obvious, since you already know the place itself. In a city the size of Rotterdam you will eventually have seen most of the . . .
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Feijenoord
Netherlands. South.
Back in Rotterdam. Berlin was great but now it is time for serious things such as finishing my studies and taking photos of the city.
It can actually be quite hard to "correctly" focus through the viewfinder with my new lens. A circumstance which can be frustrating at times. Luckily it is . . .
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Berlin II
Neues Objekitv
I got a new lens for my camera. A somewhat ancient and battered looking object, which must have been originally mounted on a analogue "Nikon" film camera. Nonetheless, it is great fun to take photos with it. Focussing is actually pleasant with this lens, when you compare it to the "Canon" lens . . .
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Berlin
Auch mal wieder schön
Berlin. Immer wieder schön. Kalt auch. Ich täusche vor ein Tourist zu sein und laufe mit der Kamera von Berlin Mitte in den südlichen Wedding. Vor allem an der Brunnenstraße kann man die ehemalige Teilung der Stadt noch gut sehen. Altbauten in Mitte. Mittlerweile saniert. Wedding: Modernere Bauten aus Westberliner Herstellung.
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EUROPA
Nordwest
I landed last week. A winter characterised by mild humid temperatures and grey skies. The Netherlands. Western Europe. A functional country, mainly consisting of infrastructure. Dug out of the ocean by its inhabitants, space in this place is the result of hard labour. Thus it must not be wasted.
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Back in South Korea
It's true.
These are photos I took a couple of days ago in Seoul. They prove that I am in the capital of South Korea. They prove that I was in the capital of South Korea. Maybe they do not prove anything. Maybe I am in a basement in Wuppertal and just really good with photoshop?
Good thing these photos do not exist to prove anything. They are . . .
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Cover image credit: http://Ernest Thiesmeier
