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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Tokyo IV
Image Flow Manipulation
It is interesting how the placement of text can manipulate the pace and rythm of looking at these images.
The amount of text is important as well. The amount of text is important as well. The amount of text is important as well. The amount of text is important as well. The amount of text is . . .
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Tokyo III
Some Thoughts on Taking Photos
Two weeks have been flying past without pursuing anything spectacular. No sightseeing. No travels outside the city. Just meeting old friends and getting lost in vast residential areas with my camera.
In some ways these images are generic. I might not have had to travel to this mega city at the end of . . .
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Tokyo II
Frohes Neues!
I am back in Tokyo after almost four years. In a way, not much has changed. The city is as busy as ever and it is suprisingly easy to spend obscene amounts of money in a very short time. But when one takes a little care it is all good. You can buy pretty much anything in Tokyo and the food in Japan is always of good . . .
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Spaziergänger leben länger
Außerdem: Ein Ausflug zur Grenze.
Die Stadt
Die Grenze
Neulich war ich zum zweiten mal an der innerkoreanischen Grenze. Diese wird als DMZ, also Demlitarized Zone / Entmilitarisierte Zone bezeichnet. Waffenfrei ist sie allerdings keineswegs. Anscheinend stehen sich dort beachtliche . . .
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Slightly Decaying Structures
문래
Recently I visited Mullae in Seoul. It is a district situated at the metro station of the same name. Mullae itself has been designated by the city as a so-called arts village. Apparently this tries to capitalize on the fact that in recent years a number of artists have set up their studios in the area and that a . . .
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Schlagwörter
Keine Schlaglöcher
Klimaanlagen. Züge. Modische Jugendliche. Grauer Beton. Rempelnde Rentner. Unverständliche Bahnhofsdurchsagen. Scharfes Essen. Warnungen vor für Ausländer zu scharfes Essen. Essen das nicht so scharf ist wie es einem prophezeit wurde. Merkwürdige Gerüche auf der Straße. Hilfsbereite Unbekannte. Lustiges Englisch. Koreanische . . .
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Cover image credit: http://Ernest Thiesmeier
