day 91: down below: urban butterfly Last night I was dancing tango at Villa Kreuzberg and I had such a great first tanda with one of my favourite leaders here in Berlin that I immediately decided not to let that be ...
day 90: down below: pacing These days on a Wednesday night I go to a tango lesson with Leandro and Gaia at Nou Mitte. I’m quite picky with tango teachers, because I had quite a few lessons that didn’t seem ...
day 89: detail Last night I went to tango really late. The subway wasn’t running anymore and I had chosen to take the bike as to not wait for half an hour for the night bus. The streets ...
day 88: options Today I listened to a great Rodolfo Biagi tanda over at DJ DPP’s blog and found myself inspired to listen to some more Biagi over the day. This post is brought to you with the ...
day 87: a sunday in autumn A long walk in the Tiergarten together with my mum prompted me with this beautiful scene. It was a golden autumnal day, quite warm and sunny and the leaves were falling. Although Berlin has lots ...
day 86: St. Paulus I didn’t have much time yesterday to take pictures, but on the way to the supermarket around 10pm I took this picture of the catholic St. Paulus church which is just on the next block. ...
day 85: blue vespa Yesterday my mum arrived. She is staying for the weekend and I took her to tango last night. This was also a good opportunity to try out my tango shoes after getting them changed and ...
day 84: one inviting door Yesterday after my driving lesson I took my tango shoes to the cobblers in Calvinstraße. The heels needed some repairing and I think the shoemaker also found a way to solve the problem with the ...
day 83: down below: Turmstraße This picture I took on the way back from my tango class yesterday. There is something special about the almost sterile looking tiles in combination with the grubby floor. At one of the other stairs ...
day 82: light and dark It gets dark early now and it feels like I hardly go out during daytime. I also catch myself taking pictures in passing, on the way home, on the way to tango, barely stopping to ...
day 81: down below: moving without movement On Monday I was on the way to a tango class with Leandro and Gaia when I took this picture. All day long I felt uninspired to take pictures and I had a long driving ...
day 80: droplets Every now and then I don’t really feel like going outside all day long and end up taking pictures of fruit or things I have lying around here. In an attempt to take a picture ...
day 79: señor bunny After you have already met yeti, my trusty hot water bottle, I can now introduce you to Emil, or more appropriately: Señor Bunny. He is a very well travelled bunny and has visited Germany, England, ...
day 78: fallen I actually was in a negative mood the other day and chose a different photo as a result. I’m glad that I went back and had another look over the pictures I had taken, because ...
stranger 1/100 A while back I read about the 100 strangers project and thought that it would be great to try to do a project like this myself. Since I’m out taking pictures every day it seems ...
day 77: autumn leaves and church window The other day I read this very interesting post about the dangers of starting to teach tango too early. I have been thinking about these exact issues the last few days after going to a ...
day 76: down below: Deutsche Oper Many subway stations in Berlin make interesting subjects for photography, especially when they’re empty. Maybe you’ll see more of these pictures from subway stations now (you can find another here), because I’ll be using the ...
day 75: standing tall For a while now I have had problems with my tango shoes. In fact I always had trouble with finding the right shoes, because the arch support is never in the right spot to actually ...
day 74: by the river In a week I will know the results of my MSc dissertation and also the final result of my degree. I’m not sure what to expect, but still I’m trying not to worry about it. ...
day 73: dragons won’t eat this In almost every tango scene there is a leader with the nickname “Terminator”. Sometimes there are even two or three of the kind. It’s hard to pinpoint whether the nickname specifies a certain quality of ...