The political orientation of this book shop/meeting point is not really obvious, besides may be that yellow/red no-nuclear-power sticker, but when you read the (German) texts of the posters, it becomes pretty clear that this is one of the rare outlets for leftist ideas. N.B. the communist party is next to inexistent in terms of…
Following Martina’s request, here is the translation of the graffito: “Eric has to throw up”. Goes well together with the shop’s branch of trade, isn’t it?
Westend, Munich
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
For my eyes, the green of young rice plants is the most beautiful I know, but beech leaves in spring surely come next. And, least I forgot, no touch of the saturation slider. I put an oath on it.
Since the beginning of this year, I have shrunken my photographic equipment quite a bit: from a DSLR with zooms down to a tiny m4/3 G3 with just three primes: 14mm, 20mm and 45mm. It resulted in less bulk and – a different way of seeing and framing. I like it a lot, and as…
Train Station, Munich
This plant, German Felsenbirne, amelanchier ovalis, could be what is called serviceberry in English. However I’ve never seen fruits on one of these bushes, so it might be an urban hybrid, bred for early and rich blossoming but not carrying fruits to avoid delivery of food to birds and rats.
Stephen Shore in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
In the last decades, Munich has built a well renowned museums quarter, which also houses a collection of American photographs well worth visiting – this Baldessari among them. And what I do appreciate: photographing is *not* forbidden there. I mean, we tax payers have already financed museum and collection, so I’d see it as only…
In the middle of the 19th century, Munich had a philhellenic king, Ludwig I, who caused a whole quarter of the city to be ornated with buildings remembering the zenith of Greece and their merits in arts and politics. Despite the abuse of this place in the third reich and the following damages by the…
The wallpaper for May is here for download. Enjoy!
Steingasse, Salzburg This image also refers to Tyler Monson’s Austrian Symbolism: The sign here marks the end of the “free contracting zone”. Proof: The image to the right, found some 100m before the sign.
