hedonistic pleasures Whenever I post pictures from San Sebastian after pictures from Berlin I become aware of the stark contrast. San Sebastian is thanks to its beaches and the fairly mild weather – neither too cold nor ...
concentration Today I’m posting pictures taken in November last year while I was shooting for my Down Below project. There are still quite a lot of pictures from the project sitting in my archive and I ...
the shocked baby Yesterday I finally managed to repair my MacBook Pro by replacing the fan. The old fan had been making all sorts of strange noises and occasionally it wouldn’t want to start up at all. Disassembling ...
flower girl Last year in November and December I spent almost every day shooting for two of my projects, Down Below and Memory. About two months I spent most of my time shooting without editing a single ...
faces Today I’m posting some pictures from Berlin taken while I was working on my Down Below project. Some pictures from this project will also be shown in my exhibition that is starting on the 12th ...
travelling polar bear In anticipation of travelling to Düsseldorf tomorrow for my exhibition I thought it would be only fitting to post some airport pictures. These were taken in Berlin last year. I’d post some new pictures if I ...
cuddly things Today I’m posting some pictures from an afternoon I spent in Leipzig visiting a friend at the end of last year. It was winter and the weather was rather dreadful, so rain and darkness prevail in ...
sisters For now this will be my last post with pictures from Düsseldorf. More of those when I return to Düsseldorf at the beginning of next month. Most of these were taken while walking from the ...
love I took a bunch of these pictures while I was walking through the old city with a friend. Occasionally I work very well when I’m just walking with someone and chatting without actually paying much ...
peace For a few years I didn’t have any reason to visit Neuss, where I finished high school. During my stay in the Düsseldorf area last week I actually had to run errands in Neuss though ...
wild Before leaving Berlin I went on a last little photo walk in the neighbourhood that I will be leaving for good soon. Although it might be not the nicest place to live, it occasionally allows ...
how (not) to inspire confidence On one of my last days in Berlin before traveling to Düsseldorf I decided to walk through Mitte to get even more of a tourist perspective on Berlin, on the way dropping into Fotoimpex – ...
violence among friends For some reason my wanderings in Berlin brought me again and again to Friedrichstraße. I guess I feel somehow drawn by the big bookstore Dussmann and therefore happen to circle around this area whenever the ...
the joys of waiting Last week I decided to indulge in an old joy of mine: Going to bookshops. I ventured into the Dussmann Kulturkaufhaus at Friedrichstraße and found a book that I was unable to find online. This ...
home sweet home After returning to Berlin last week I went grocery shopping and took my camera with me. Whenever I come to my neighbourhood after a lengthy stay somewhere else, I feel like leaving again right away. ...
reasons for becoming a marxist After meeting for a cup of tea and a nice long chat with a friend last week in Düsseldorf, I went for a walk on the local high street, Königsallee, with its expensive shops. Of ...
early training A quick cup of tea with a dear friend and fellow photographer in a place called Frida brought me to Düsseldorf some days ago. It was already quite dark and so there wasn’t much opportunity ...
obey the photographer Last Monday I went to Cologne for a meeting and used to opportunity for a quick walk through one of the pedestrian zones right in the centre. Not exactly the best place to take pictures ...
out of control Last weekend we went to see the newest Wes Anderson movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel, a thoroughly enjoyable experience. It’s not quite as amazing as his last one, Moonrise Kingdom, but it is still really ...
broccoli boy Last Saturday I went grocery shopping with my dad in the suburban town of Kaarst. It is one of those commuter towns that seems entirely abandoned during weekdays and only comes to life on Saturday ...