Luxembourg
Via Brussels
Wëllkomm zu Lëtzebuerg!
The countryside is quiet. You shall stay quiet as well!
Be nice. Relax. Greet people you meet on the street. Sit in the garden. Watch the insects fly.
The occasional truck passing down the . . .
Concrete is made of sand
The beach is a parking ground
The whales lay stranded on the parking ground.
Waiting for the fishermen to finish their shopping round.
Concrete is made of sand.
The beach is a parking ground.
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Rotterdam
Visual Information
What do we really see in these photographs? Maybe only what we expect. The explanation for what it is being seen is provided by the way we learn how to read visual information.
Actually, all of these are just two-dimensional recordings of light, which have fallen on the electronic sensors of my camera when I . . .
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Berlin IV
Verspätete Impressionen vom ersten Mai und andere Dinge
Erster Mai. Bratwürste, Bier und Menschenmassen. Irgendwo am Rande auch ein bisschen Politik. Zahllose Leute schieben sich ziellos durch Kreuzberg. Der Tag der Arbeit und die Ihn zelebrierenden Mengen gebären innovative Geschäftsideen. Selfieleitern sind auf der Oranienstraße zu sehen. Erklimmungsgebühr: 1 Euro. Am Tag der . . .
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German Beach
Warnemünde / Rostock
Take a bus to the sea. Drive towards Rostock. Get off at Rostock Hauptbahnhof. Board the tram. Traverse a historical city centre and districts filled with Plattenbauten. Get off. Walk through the forest: Witness water.
Inhale the salty air. Let . . .
Berlin III
Berlin Mitte and Lichtenberg. Taken on a couple of walks during the last days.
Which image was taken where? Not so important. Their purpose is not to illustrate a notion of the place. Even though they will probably do so to some extent. Afterall this article is named after . . .
Geschäftiges Treiben
(Marathons, bridges and reflections)
Ein Marathon bewegt sich durch die Stadt. Schwitzende Menschen rennen am heißesten aller Frühlingstage über 40 Kilometer weit. Das Leid ist in ihre Gesichter gezeichnet. Schwämme, Pappbecher und leere Plastikflaschen türmen sich am Straßenrand auf. Leute Klatschen den Läufern zu. Musik dröhnt aus Lautsprechern. . . .
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Cover image credit: http://Ernest Thiesmeier
