Paris in One Day

By Ausstellungen, Fondation Louis Vuitton, France, Frank O Gehry, Paris, Paris Gare du Nord, , ,

Paris in One Day On Wednesday the 4th of June 2025 I went with my wife for one day to Paris. This, because we want to visit the David Hockney exhibition at the new museum of the Fondation Louis Vuitton. The architect of the museum building is Frank O Gehry. I must say he has designed an impressive building. I have taken many photos there and will share some of them with you. Please enjoy. Depart in Aachen We started our journey in Aachen because we had a bomb alarm in Cologne and most of the  inner city was closed […]

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Passau in BW

By Baroque, Bavaria, Bavaria Landscape, BW HC Photography, BW Photography, Cathedral, Dome, Landscaping, Passau, Rottal-Inn, , , ,

Passau in Black and White At the end of year 2024 and starting 2025 I was in a farmers district near Passau (South/East of Germany). To train my abilities with the LEICA Q2 Monochrome for the Leica Workshop in January I decided to take the Q2 with me on this journey. And so I could take some impressive BW photos in Passau and around Passau. A landscape with agriculture character and full of history. Passau as you know perhaps is embedded between the rivers Danube, Inn and also Ilz. Picture Galleries In the following picture galleries I will show you […]

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Liege the City with a Station or the Station with the City

By Architecture, Belgium, Calatrava, Guillemins, Liege, Train Station Guillemins, , , ,

Liege the City with a Station or the Station with the City Why Liege once again ? As you know I had been several times in Liege but never had the time to take photos from the famous building of the train station Liege Guillemins. Today Liege is an emerging town and the new station of Guillemins is an impressive mark of modern architecture. Now some important links to the station and the architect Santiago Calatrava: The Photowalk in YOUTUBE Here you can share my photowalk in a YOUTUBE Video The Photo Session at the Station On Saturday October, 26 […]

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ROTTERDAM the always changing town

By Architecture, BW Photography, Depot Boijmans, Erasmus Bridge, Low Light, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Western Europe, , , , ,

ROTTERDAM the always changing town Rotterdam, this city always changes in sense of art, architecture, culture, … . Rotterdam is the economic center of the Netherlands and also an architecture hot spot. Many very good known architects left their traces here. First of all here is a link with some explanations to Rotterdam: My objective to visit Rotterdam was: Take as much photos of the famous architecture as I can. Next year I will participate on a photo exhibition: “Architecture and Light”. So I took also several photos under low light conditions. Photo Sources I will present you the photos […]

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LINZ a Town of Art

By Austria, Cathedral, Cities, Dome, Linz, Low Light, Österreich, , , , , ,

LINZ a Town of Art Linz and the art In the history Linz has been always a town of art. But the German dictator Adolf Hitler has decided that Linz has to become the Town of Art of his “Appreciation of Art”. Luckily Hitler lost the second World War and so his planes become waste paper. Today Linz is a real Town of Art. I am happy to meet all this possibilities of art expressions here at this location. You will find museums like lentos, the museums on top of the castle hill, the ars electronica museum and so on. […]

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France 2024 Southwest

By Bordeaux, Cahors, Cathedral, Dordogne, France, Perigord, Sarlat la Caneda, Toulouse, , , , , , ,

The English Part of France The French landscape known as Aquitaine was my voyage target this time. Did you know that this part of France was under English rule from 1154 – 1453. My Travel Points During the journey I took many photos (about 1,600). Here you will find only a short selection of my photo impressions. I started my voyage in Bordeaux. Above you will find an image of the waterfront of Bordeaux-Center. Then I moved to the Perigord region of France with rest in Sarlat la Caneda. From here I visited Bergerac and Perigueux. Last station with journeys […]

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Blossoms 2024

By Blossoms, Cologne, Flowers, Spring,

Spring 2024 Blossoms All Around The Spring 2024 was a bit rainy but not so cold. Starting in march the nature was exploding. To archive this moments I have decided to create this page to share my impressions with you please have fun. Rhododendron Blossoms Several times this spring I visited the “Forstbotanische Garden Rodenkirchen”. Here you will find an impressive collection of rhododendron plants. From start of may blossoms are exploding. Video Impressions To give you some more impressions of the blossom period in spring 2024 I have produced a video. This video is accompanied with music to give […]

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Botanic Garden Berlin

By Blossoms, Camellia, Cities, Flowers, Gardening, Green House, Journey to Berlin, , ,

Botanic Garden Berlin The Location The Botanic Garden Berlin (Botanischer Garten Berlin) ist located in the South West Area of Berlin. With public transport you can reach the garden very fast from any location in Berlin. Links to the Botanical Garden: In the carnival time of Cologne my wife and me will escape to other carnival free locations. We decided to visit Berlin and good friends living here. This year in February the weather was quiet bad. The friends of us and we took the decision to visit the Botanical Garden of Berlin. At this time the camellia is showing […]

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China Lights at Cologne

By Cologne, Cologne Zoo, Light Event, Low Light, ,

The Event In December / January since a few years the event “China Lights” take place at the Cologne Zoo. Its a lightening event. In the late afternoon and evening you can admire several light sculptures and scenes. On 11th of January 2024 I met with Karin Modis for a photo session. The Day The January 11th was a clear, cold and frosty day. During the photo session I wondered how photographs can work under arctic conditions. Starting with the sunset the spectacle begun. Here you will find a selection of photos we took this evening. Photos from Karin Modis […]

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Alle Wetter Koeln

By Cathedral, Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Cologne Dome, Dome, Low Light, Photo Cologne, Rhine, , ,

All Weather Cologne / Alle Wetter Köln The Project Time: Between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve I decided to start some photo sessions in the middle of cologne. Conditions: The weather at this time was rainy and windy with rare dry moments and often with low light. As I wanted to photograph my scenes without any persons on the image, I have to start in the early morning. The pictures will show a dark environment with mirroring effects caused by the wetness from the rain. Location Cologne Media Park Location Cologne Breite Str., Ehren Str. Location Cologne Dom, Hauptbahnhof […]

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