Today I’m posting some more pictures from Düsseldorf taken last week. My stay here is almost at an end now and I will be traveling back to Spain on Tuesday. It’s been an exciting journey filled with friends, photography and exhibitions – my own exhibition most importantly. After all this excitement I’m actually looking forward to some quiet days and a bit of an opportunity to unwind.

All pictures taken with: Olympus Pen E-PL3 and Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 ASPH.

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

Interesting fact: I only saw the crashed car when I looked at the picture on the screen. Talk about selective perception! I guess I paid too much attention to the people.

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© Lilly Schwartz 2014

© Lilly Schwartz 2014

I rarely ever take street portraits, but in this case I got a spontaneous request. From left to right: Albo Ronaldo, Waseem Mustapha, Dardan Sopjani, Niklas Stump and Furkan Almanci. Thanks for posing, guys!

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Later I ran into them again, so I took the opportunity to take some candid shots as well.

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That’s quite a bit of luggage for that bike!

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This place used to lie on my way to work. Hasn’t changed much in the last 10 years.

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Look, she’s taller than her dad!

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Teaching the daughter to ride a bike!

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Windy moment. Take note also of the hair of the woman in the background on the right.

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In front of the public library. Not sure whether this is an inspiration for reading. To me maybe, but I guess it would creep out a lot of people. Sadly I couldn’t find out who the artist is.

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Wrong country.

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I actually caught a guy changing his shoes right in the moment when he had two different ones on his feet. And the dog is such a weirdo too!

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Cat and dog.