Ernest Thiesmeier

Sunny Days

Cold Nights

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Sunny days.

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Cold cheeks.

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Green palm trees swaying in the frozen breeze.

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I could be on the beach, sipping on a Mojito while wearing my down jacket. Then I remember where I am: Dublin city streets. Not too . . .

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December 03, 2017

Tropical Weather

Tropenwetter

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Palmen. Schwüle Hitze. Ein Affe trinkt Bier auf der Parkbank.

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Heisser Asphalt klebt an meinen Schuhen. Der Bus fährt durch die Lagune. Cola spritzt an den Bug. Die Gallionsfigur ist einer Popsängerin aus den letzten Sommercharts nachempfunden. Ticketkosten: 3,30 Euro.

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November 21, 2017

Bei Nacht

At Night

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The night as a subject seems contradictory for the camera, which is a machine reliant on light. If night is defined as the period of the day where light is absent, then a device which needs light to . . .

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November 11, 2017

Vision

Geometrical, social, spatial.

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What this is about? Maybe it is about visual interest. Maybe about the city of Dublin. Maybe it is simply a way to present the photos I take and how I look at my environment.

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The city as a world of shapes.An interplay of lines and curves. Walls and cubes obscure the sight. Something . . .

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October 24, 2017

Belfast

Also: Day Trips from Galway

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Maybe it would be

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a better idea

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not to write anything

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and let the viewer

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create their own narrative

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out of the

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. . .

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October 16, 2017

Around Dublin

Two cameras. One person. Zero planning.

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I recently bought a second-hand Olympus AF-1. A fully automated camera with a built-in flash. Basically I wanted to get something for occasions when my Nikkormat seemed too bulky to carry around.
The AF-1 really does not give the user any kind of control over the image except an option for focus lock. You . . .

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October 06, 2017

Images Of A Holiday Past

Somewhere in Austria

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Nobody likes to look at other people's holiday photos.

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There are always too much of them and they just don't trigger the same kind of nostalgic excitement if you were not there yourself.

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You sit down politely for an hour and looking at a couple of thousand . . .

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September 27, 2017

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