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US formally withdraws from Paris climate accord…
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020O U.S.A, Where Art Thou?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020Germany on corona sale
Monday, August 24th, 2020
Minsk – the good old times…
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020gone to paradise – Maria Laach Abbey
Sunday, June 21st, 2020
The single-story colonnaded porch sourrounds a courtyard called the Paradise. This masterpiece of German Romanesque architecture is located at the shore of Lake Laach inmidst of an active vulcano area. Scientist detected magma raising underneath the lake. Was timely to capture it with my camera before the eruptions…
my daily swim
Wednesday, June 17th, 2020it matters
Saturday, June 6th, 2020protection
Monday, June 1st, 2020Altenberg Abbey
Thursday, May 14th, 2020corona potatoes?
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
No, my first potatoes which I planted ever did not catch covid-19. But who would expect frost in the middle of the (almost) summer? Yes, the Ice Saints still exist and have not yet been swept away by climate change. Reassuring.
pending trees
Monday, May 11th, 2020Europe Day – Open the borders!
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
luna tic
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Garden Wildlife
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
The beauty of the current confinement leads to discoveries in the immediate environment: the own garden. The blue tits couple is rather busy feeding the youngsters.
Safari at my doorsteps
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
starship one
Saturday, April 25th, 2020
Müngsten Bridge
Sunday, April 19th, 2020
A kind of different view
first social distancing measures
Friday, April 17th, 2020
spring time
Friday, April 10th, 2020
flowering sunset
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
twins
Monday, April 6th, 2020
the fish, the tin, the bowl
Sunday, April 5th, 2020
full sun
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
social distancing
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
homage a miles
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020delta X
Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Brussels Noord
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
St. Paulus Dom in Münster
Saturday, December 28th, 2019
Not Australia
Friday, December 20th, 2019
Cologne
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
service station
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016celtic cello
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016stylish
Thursday, July 14th, 2016a united country
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016tempest
Sunday, June 26th, 2016night speeding in Dublin
Monday, May 23rd, 2016speeding 2
Monday, May 23rd, 2016speeding
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016way in – way out
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016fit for Olympia
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016another world’s end
Monday, April 11th, 2016botanique
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016maalbeek
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016World’s end
Monday, February 29th, 2016
Furth
Depart
Thursday, February 11th, 2016Europe’s welcome culture
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
France in/out
ready to shoot BACK!
Monday, February 1st, 2016back!
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Ready to fight back!
merry christmas
Thursday, December 18th, 2014autumn in brussels
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014berlin 1989
Thursday, November 6th, 2014crema marfil
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014geologic interuptions – soon
Monday, August 25th, 2014Deutschland! Deutschland!
Monday, June 30th, 2014Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft in Cabaret
Monday, June 30th, 2014gestern – heute 2
Sunday, June 29th, 2014gestern – heute
Sunday, June 29th, 2014import-export
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014tempest
Monday, June 9th, 2014green – red – white: the colours of heligoland
Monday, June 9th, 2014torso
Sunday, June 1st, 2014gaudi
Thursday, May 1st, 2014architectural phallus
Sunday, April 27th, 2014spring in kallmünz
Thursday, April 17th, 2014landhausidylle mit gelb
Sunday, April 6th, 2014white peppers
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014winter in kallmünz (2)
Saturday, January 4th, 2014winter in kallmünz
Saturday, December 28th, 2013nightly brussels
Thursday, December 26th, 2013festive brussels
Monday, December 23rd, 2013commemoration
Saturday, December 14th, 2013chinese spring
Friday, November 29th, 2013tradition and harmony
Monday, November 25th, 2013coolmen
Thursday, November 21st, 2013Jingshan Park
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013ouessant
Sunday, October 20th, 2013shark in the bowl
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013look right
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013august moon
Monday, August 19th, 2013grosser Frauentag
Thursday, August 15th, 2013oberpfalzenergiesommer
Thursday, August 15th, 2013oberpfalzsommer
Thursday, August 15th, 2013last remains
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013guardian
Monday, June 3rd, 2013express to germany
Thursday, May 30th, 2013greening cities
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013me
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013quietness at a rainy day
Friday, May 24th, 2013a normal day in heidelberg
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013NSU
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013concrete today
Thursday, May 16th, 2013jobBörse in Chorweiler
Sunday, May 12th, 2013another man
Friday, May 10th, 2013haute culture
Thursday, May 9th, 2013relic – biomio
Monday, May 6th, 2013flotte biene
Sunday, May 5th, 2013relic – frizer
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013railic
Saturday, April 27th, 2013orderly disorderly
Monday, April 22nd, 2013beautiful architecture (again)
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013framed domkyrkan (without spring)
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013spring – pending
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013spring approaching
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013HAL 9000
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013tricorne
Sunday, March 10th, 2013happy alaaf – cologne meets rio
Monday, February 11th, 2013happy new year 2013
Sunday, January 6th, 2013Cologne – classic view
Sunday, December 16th, 2012anthill
Sunday, November 18th, 2012the winner
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012middle class position
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012before Sandy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012reflection no 4
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 3
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 2
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 1
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012harvest
Monday, October 1st, 2012who killed the F2 legacy?
Sunday, September 30th, 2012There were times when expensive equipment had lasting value – for years, sometimes for decades. Our today’s throwaway society is hunting for increasing turnover of magnesium, plastic and silicon. The two-years’ ago Nikon D700 novelty is nowhere to be seen anymore. The sweet hype for more pixels and more camera features induces the desire for changing expensive toys more quickly – generating great turnover for the manufacturers.
Although advertisements suggest differently, gender segregation still works fine when it comes to technology: Men behind the lenses taking picture of scantily-clad women posing on stage. Certainly, society develops in different pace than technology.
Naples is the flower of paradise (Alexandre Dumas)
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012Waste problems which peaked in 2008 still seem unresolved. Not only destroyed or over loaded waste containers, no, the street are full of empty plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other waste from shops, fast food chains and households. Luckily, German waste incinerators still have unused capacities which makes waste travelling thousands of kilometres through Europe ending up in smoke in Cologne. Goood business for the operators: 100 Euros per ton waste which the Italians pay.
Vedi Napoli e poi muori!
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012“See Naples and die!” – some say that it was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who coined the phrase, and the phrase can be found in his ‘Italian Journey’ (1786-1788). The historic parts of Naples maintain the stereotype of narrow alleys with noisy scooters, honking cinquecentos, bars with life football maches on their screens and summer heat. The historic part also shows decay, plaster falling from the wallsand street markets with super cheap Chinese imports.
rural beauty
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012another urban beauty
Monday, July 16th, 2012Kölner Lichter 2012
Sunday, July 15th, 2012Actually it is useless to take pictures at such an event when one is unprepared. The ambitious hobby photographers already took position hours before the fireworks started while I passed by from a farewell party back home. Certainly, a tripod is indispensable for taking proper fire works pictures. Using 3200 ASA doesn’t really make sense for capturing the dynamics, but it is very suitable to catch the bizzarly coloured surroundings with the visitors.
not Las Vegas
Thursday, July 12th, 2012i’ve caught my first thunderbolt!
Thursday, June 21st, 2012tricycle on motorway
Monday, June 18th, 2012stairway to heaven
Friday, June 8th, 2012squeezed défense
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012past values vs. today’s values
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012sun power
Saturday, April 28th, 2012energetic counter balance
Friday, April 27th, 2012Nuclear springtime…
Sunday, April 15th, 2012… for some European countries. This one will disappear within the next eight years after having been in operation for three months only. Stupidly built on top of a fault line and the building permit was withdrawn. A pity that the site is not converted in a fun park. Would be less costly for tax payers.
blanc bleu rouge
Monday, March 26th, 2012venus meets jupiter
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012the winner
Sunday, March 4th, 2012nubbel
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012pappnas äpps
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012German ‘michel’ pulling ex-president’s ear
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012jeck – weg
Thursday, February 16th, 2012kölle alaaf
Thursday, February 16th, 2012black frost at white lake
Sunday, February 12th, 2012Once in a decade the 20 hectare lake Höhenfeld is covered by a layer of ice, strong enough to turn it into a leisure attraction. Spectacular is the cracking sound of the ice and a very strange noise as if steel cables under tension are hitting against each other. What might people of pre-industrial generations have thought about such noises?
- Höhenfelder See
early morning – action at the same spot…
Monday, January 30th, 2012early morning at minus 8 degrees celsius
Friday, January 20th, 2012visible history 2
Friday, January 13th, 2012Mal schaun, ob er es merkt:
periurban monument
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012urban dwellings
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012“Magpies are believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals” (wikipedia) since they are one of few animals recognising themselves in a mirror. This could be the reason for having a magpie nest in front of my large office window. And it seems that they feel comfortable in-midst the highly urbanised setting.
nice Rhine view
Friday, January 6th, 2012unidirectional urban beauties
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Happy New Year 2012
Monday, January 2nd, 2012water under the bridge
Friday, December 23rd, 2011climate talks vs consumerism
Sunday, December 11th, 2011Sad, sad, sad. No, not the talks about the new legal deal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions coming into effect in almost 10 years – after tough negotiations between the EU and India on wording. No, it is about the dead mobile phone battery which I wanted to replace during the weekend. Cologne’s largest retailer for consumer electronics doesn’t stock such batteries anymore. Not cost effective, the salesman said. New mobile phones are cheaper than a battery. And the cheaper phone contains an even better battery than the one I asked for, plus a headset, worth the price of the phone. Well, the phone is now produced in India, not anymore in the EU. Must be the transport which makes products cheaper, I guess.
precious urban space
Monday, December 5th, 2011colours of dellbrück
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011colours of holweide
Thursday, November 24th, 2011My almost daily bike ride to the office sometimes offers mystic views which makes me forget living in a one million inhabitants city. Not even one km further down the cycling lane, the all morning commuting nightmare takes place in full blast. Every morning. Every evening. Every day. Throughout the year.
colours of konya
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011colours of 111111
Friday, November 11th, 2011mevlana
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Rumi is probably not known to us Westerners although we have heard about the whirling dervishes, often performed at tourist places in Turkey. Rumi was a Persian poet, Islamic jurist and theologian of the early 13th century. He paved the way for the Mevlana order in Konya which practiced the sufi dance to express the mystery part of Islam. The ceremony is referred to Sama which is broken up on four parts, each with a particular meaning. The whirling dervishes are representative of the moon and they spin on the outside of the Sheikh who is representative of the sun. An impressive experience.
armed raid in florence
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011loaded in florence
Monday, September 19th, 2011Transport system in Florence is characterised by efficiently operated freight vehicles. Scarce road space and low emission zones favour alternative mobility options. Complemented by public bicycles, electric buses and a considerable share of hybrid-electric vehicles underlines Florence’s commitment towards meeting the European greenhouse gas emission saving goals. Was there any other remarkable experience in Florence? Not that I can remember.
Vulkaneifel
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Surely, this is not what one considers volcanoes. But this area is seismically one of the most active areas in Germany. The volcano itself is hiding in the fog, the ‘maar’ is waking up in the morning light.
Wild camping usually is not a problem in Germany, except drunken youngsters in their tuned up car discover your tent in the middle of the night. I forgot to cover the reflectors of my bicycle which caused a scary situation. Luckily, I got away with it.
analog to digital
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Forgetting to take the digital camera along on my holiday granted me additional time to take few pictures in a very analog way. I had almost forgotten about the feeling to dive into a ‘frame’ discovering many details, nuances, sounds, smells, which otherwise would had happened in a 1/250 second. It is a very appropriate way to remember Creysse along the Dordogne in Southwest France with its bi-apsis medieval church.
for the sake of change: Bucharest 1
Sunday, May 29th, 2011leaden slush ice
Thursday, April 28th, 2011trinity
Thursday, January 6th, 2011advent nine
Thursday, December 9th, 2010advent 8
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010advent seven
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010advent six
Monday, December 6th, 2010advent five
Sunday, December 5th, 2010advent four
Saturday, December 4th, 2010advent three
Friday, December 3rd, 2010advent two
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010advent calendar – special kind
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Regensburg’s main theater turned into a huge living advent calendar. From the first to the 24th December, each evening a new window will be opened. No, there will be no chocolate in it – unfortunately. Neither beer nor mulled wine. The windows will be filled with songs, poetry, dances and music. Strangely, the door to 24 already opened, but nobody singing.
Father Rhine from the Dragon’S Rock
Sunday, November 7th, 2010Hiking along the Rhine is a wonderful experience, particularly during autumn: the forests’ smell of mushrooms, the colourful leaves of maple, oak, beech trees and majestic Rhine carrying freight vessels, ferries and passenger boats.
Although busy with tourists, Dragon’s Rock offers a fantastic views up- and downstream. Here, Siegfried, the hero of the Niebelungenlied, killed the dragon and bathed in its blood to became invulnerable – almost.
Zeche Zollverein – the classical view
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010save our souls
Sunday, October 10th, 2010no ashes, no phoenix
Sunday, October 10th, 2010Malmö transformation
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010phoenix from the ashes
Thursday, September 30th, 201040 years later – westalgia
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Vorwerk is an international diversified corporate group with annual revenues of more than 2 billion Euros…
I was about 7 years old when a Vorwerk sales person came to our dwelling (in fact we lived in a newly built garage while my father continued constructing the house) and demonstrated the merits of modern technology. Instead of a vacuum cleaner bag he (or was it a she?) used a spotless white cloth – with appalling effect. Few days later we had one of those green and ugly Vorwerks in the garage.
Today, the vacuum cleaners still exist and are still ugly.
20 years later – ostalgia
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Germany is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the re-unification treaty between West Germany and the GDR (what was the meaning of this acronym?). The final act was the re-unification in 3rd October 1990. What has happened since then? To experience this, take your bike and ride through Germany (check out dynamobile2010).
ossi – wessi / sorge – elend
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010pianistin – rose – photographin
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010kölner lichter
Monday, July 19th, 2010It was not easy, to squeeze my camera lense through a small hole in the blinds which the organisers of the spectacle put up to prevent peeping people to take decent photographs from the fireworks.
What the heck, the official photographers had much better positions with professional support. Why me trying to ‘compete’ in disfavouring circumstances?
uwe seeler
Sunday, July 4th, 2010“Uwe Seeler (born 5 November 1936 in Hamburg) is a former German football official and retired football player. He played for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West German national team.” (wikipedia)
blown away
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Sadly, the shortest railway tunnel in Germany is history. For almost 150 years, it has been a landmark on the main railway line between Nuremberg and Regensburg. Our short-sighted society with economic interests as a leading principle was not willing to cover the 25000 Euros annually to maintain the cosy tunnel. 11000 tons of rubble have to be removed from the tracks until Monday to allow trains to use the line again. Commuters will miss the split-second shadow and close their books just before arriving in Regensburg.
rumpelstilzchen
Monday, May 24th, 2010spring turns to summer
Monday, May 24th, 2010regensburg – churches at night 1
Sunday, May 16th, 2010St Pieter’s Cathedral of Regensburg belongs to most remarkable Gothic buildings in Southern Germany. An unusual feature of the Cathedral is its separation from the older structure of the cloister. The cloister, usually not open to the public contains a fine Romanesque All Saint’s Chapel from 1164. The garden in twilight gives a sweet sense of inspiration – and a taste of what the night of open churches offers.
blue in green
Sunday, May 9th, 2010green in red
Sunday, May 9th, 2010lilac, chernobyl and solar heating
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010First May reminds me of the nuclear disaster which happened 24 years ago. Almost a quarter of a century and it feels like yesterday. Yes, I know, it didn’t happen first May. But that year, first May was the first warm and beautiful day of the year and, together with friends, we went out into the nature, played on the ground, enjoyed the smells of spring until a sudden but warm rain shower surprised us in the afternoon. It was a wonderful day – in the evening we got the news about the disaster! In Germany, the area of Regensburg was particularly affected. Playgrounds were closed because of the high contamination. Many other things happened. And we got the rain shower – fully contaminated – onto us.
May smells of lilac. Particularly, if the lilac tree is placed in front of the bed room. From the bed room window, it is placed between the bed room and the brand new solar heating.
First May: the solar heating is completed and in operation. My personal battle against the nuclear industry which earned lots of money for heating the water in the past. I gave it to the copper industry instead. At least, they didn’t put nuclear particles onto my skin. I’m looking forward to my first ‘solar shower’ in this house.
pasqueflower
Sunday, April 11th, 2010spring in yellow
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010boots in red
Monday, March 8th, 2010münchner freiheit
Friday, March 5th, 2010finally, water on mars…
Monday, March 1st, 2010not vancouver…
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Nubbel has gone
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Waiting for the white guy
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010destination (en) afrique
Monday, February 1st, 2010Matongé is part of Ixelles, a well-known municipality of Brussels. Immigrants from Congo named it after a market place in Kinshasa. People always take a bit of home with them when moving to foreign countries. Once, I almost decided to live there, and sometimes I regret having decided against it. What would I have brought there from home?
bruxelles ma belle!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010sunrise at the danube
Thursday, January 28th, 2010taking a break from winter
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Széchenyi thermal bath in Budapest is certainly the most beautiful spa which I have ever seen. The unique setting within the 19th century building complex and the variety of different thermal baths make the visit an exceptional experience. Despite air temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius people enjoy the outside pools – even playing chess in the water. The biggest challenge is to expose the camera to the freezing temperatures outside and the humidity within the bath.
winter goes on
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Höhenfelder See
Sunday, January 17th, 2010tranquil ‘oberpfalz’
Sunday, January 10th, 2010welcoming 2010
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010who the hell is oskar?
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009winter in cologne
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Finally, winter has arrived in Cologne!
peace in ixelles
Friday, December 18th, 2009carbon footprint
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009I know, it’s not a nice photo – dust in the sky, bad scanning and post processing of an image from 2005. But I had to think of it while our politicians are banging their heads in Copenhagen. Nice statements but the reality is here. Each kWh of electricity produces almost 1.5 kg CO2! Leave alone the damage to the earth. But sure, this blog also consumes electricity…
the guards!
Sunday, December 13th, 2009thielenbruch 2
Sunday, December 6th, 2009thielenbruch 1
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Squeezed in between cities, railway lines, power lines, gas pipelines and motorways, a small nature reserve is determined to offer rare species protection against destruction and extinction. Due to the low light situations the ambiance these days is particular. Up to now I have been excited using my manual Nikkor lenses, however, the 20mm lens suffers from strong vignetting using open aperture. Yet another task to find a way to get rid of the vignetting…
spring advent
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Opposed to Markus’ yesterday’s advent photo I experienced a slightly different start of the festive Christmas season. The spring like weather – interrupted by a thunderstorm and followed by blue sky and a beautiful rainbow – flooded the nature with intensive colours. Some plants seem to resist the approaching winter – or don’t even believe anymore in its coming.
they are back!
Friday, November 27th, 2009The challenge is: how to capture the ugliness of Christmas decorations popping up everywhere…
seven bolts
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009sun and son
Monday, November 23rd, 2009The Rhine banks offer beautiful views at Cologne’s historic centre. The ambiance these days live with the low autumn sun. I particularly liked the real sun and her reflection in the building’s facade. As a newbie to (real) digital photography I’m quite impressed by the possibilities in challenging light conditions.
cologne sunset
Friday, November 20th, 2009composition in green and red
Friday, November 20th, 2009remembering goma
Thursday, November 19th, 2009It is scary that the presumable mass murderers Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni could freely live in Germany since the Rwandan genocide 15 years ago. Finally, they have been arrested yesterday. In 1994, I worked in a Hutu refugee camp in Goma. The conditions were appalling. I had my small Rollei 35 with me but the camera and even the film were slightly damaged during the stay. It was anyhow not a pleasure to take photos in this camp.
autumn light 2
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009After I had missed the opportunity for a potentially good photo a few days ago, I accustom myself to carrying the camera bag with me more often. Today, I realised that adding a tripod to the equipment would further enhance the possibility taking good photos. Still, with my 105 mm lens I was able to catch the light just before complete darkness.
autumn light
Monday, November 16th, 2009For the first time, I tried to convert a NEF file into something displayable. I have not yet the feeling that I have reached what I really wanted. But maybe I’m also not really sure about what I want. Touching digital photos seems at least as challenging as sitting in the dark room processing prints from negatives. And I never made colour prints. However, I feel that with some practice, one gets a feeling for the many ways to enhance, manipulate and change photos at the computer. It’s just a question of time which I’m willing to spend on such work.
family meeting
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Inside the trunk of an old cherry tree I’ve found this family discussing about the latest colours of their dresses. A lonely mushroom stood aside and was afraid to join them. They might tease him due to his old brown cloak which he was wearing.
self-portrait
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Due to the lack of motives today, I add an unintended self-portrait from yesterday’s Carnival celebrations.
die Jecken sind los!!!
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009The suffering in Cologne has ended: the fifth season has started today! Until Ash Wednesday in February, people in Rheinland will devote their life to preparing for the culmination of Carnival. Despite miserable weather, about 50000 people gathered in the historic part of Cologne to celebrate the begin of Carnival.
I’m new to taking photos with a digital SLR and still use it like an analog apparatus. The lens which I used is certainly from analog times, a 200mm, f4 with manual focus. A bit challenging with the lack of light.
Cologne Carnival
Carnival in Cologne
Cologne Carnival
the Wall falls apart
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009It was amazing to be in Berlin that time. In the past, we people from the West could easily cross the borders to the East. Just a passport, the obligatory money change (‘Zwangsumtausch’) and sometimes body searches in separated cabins. The ‘Zwangsumtausch’ was usually invested in a lunch, books and music records.
But this time, all this didn’nt count. This time, people went the other way round. And not just at the official border crossings. The Wall was falling apart, temporary rough roads were opened and border guards posted. Passports were issued on the spot and people could walk to West Berlin – sometimes for the first time.

VP Sondermeldestelle - Berlin, Potsdamer Platz

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
more pitted wall
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Both photos illustrate my impressions about East-West relations that time. People in the West were rather ignorant concerning life in the East. Did anybody ever watch the news programme ‘Aktuelle Kamera’? Only few people tried to peep through slots in the Wall. What would they discover?
In turn, people from the East were rather well informed about things which happened in the West (except the ‘Tal der Ahnungslosen’ at Dresden where West TV didn’t reach). But at the end they couldn’t verify because they never got the chance to peep through the wall.

Berlin, Brandenburger Tor

Border Guards at Brandenburger Tor
pitted wall
Monday, November 9th, 2009Today, all news are talking and writing about the fall of the WALL. I was travelling to Berlin that time and I remembered taking photos. But after my recent move from Brussels to Cologne, I had no clue where they could be. The entire day I spent in the store room and sifted through carton boxes. Finally, I was lucky to trace them, to connect my old and outdated slide scanner and sucked the first photo into my laptop. Here is the beginning of a small series which I will place here in the following days.
Berlin Wall: 14 November 1989
yes – i’ll do it
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
left on the parkbench
Thanks to Markus’ encouragements and great help, I take the chance to publish my photos via this blog. I’m sort of glad that he convinced me although I was somewhat skeptical about all this ‘new’ technologies: digital photography, blogging, expecting the world to watch, read and comment my stuff – all this still seemed rather dubious to me.
Since I shifted paradigm from celluloid to pixel sensor(s) I need to place the eventual sensor impacts somewhere. This is the place and it’s great to use the technology to share my impressions of the world with you.
Enjoy!