Bonn, North Rhine-Westfalia
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Civil Servants’ Silo
Bonn, North Rhine-Westfalia After the German reunification it was decided that Berlin becomes the capital again. To mitigate the consequences for the former capital, Bonn, several ministeries and federal administration headquarters had to stay in Bonn. This is one of them.
Soundscape Walker
Transparent Trees
Young Ladies Of Bonn
For sure it was not my intention to tilt the camera that much, but looking at the image I learned to enjoy it, especially as the fervent red box balances it so nicely. That it became a subconscious hommage to Winogrand is not unlikely, as I had recently seen an original print of his famous…
Tramway Approaching
The relative darkness of the half-underground railway station spares you the most ugly magenta I’ve ever seen a tramway painted in – completely (at least only the outside). This is part of the sponsoring the local public transport company has with one of it’s sponsors, the Deutsche Telekom. Whilst I understand that emptied public budgets…
Daddy Cool
Donnersbergerbrücke, Munich Car advertisements still play on the more spinal cord level, it seems. As they are so successful – most Germans are tremendously car-conscious – they do indeed hit the right spot. Myself, I was heading for the train to a meeting in Bonn at 06:19 in the morning. City administration’s rules are strict:…
Grocery Store
Ludwigsvorstadt, Munich “Lebensmittel” means groceries, but the letters are just leftovers now, as gentrification took place in this quarter along with the centralisation of food stores. But people obviously like the reminiscences to the past so much that the keep the now irrelevant lettering.
Copy Center
Ludwigsvorstadt, Munich All the (partially acta-induced) discussion about intellectual property and payments to artists have brought the copy center solution back into public awareness: In these copy centers without doubts a lot of intellectual property gets multiplied without proper licensing. Because it seemed inappropriate to criminalize this business (similarly to the introduction of the music…
St. Paul’s Square
Ludwigsvorstadt, Munich
Freud In The City
The German word “Freud” means joy. I don’t know if the advertisement was here first (and what purpose it should serve) or the graffiti writing, but at least the go together nicely.
Car, Window, Weed
Veterans Memorial
Residential Street
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Hazel Green
The Lawyer’s Parking
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Night’s Magnolia
Matching Carl Weese’s Photographed Trees. Usually Martin Storz comes up with the inevitable, too. Let’s see…
Espalier Blossoms
Tree, Wall, Window
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Green Awning
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Protection
Schwanthalerhöhe, Munich With all this xenophobic hysteria around, I was reminded of Sting’s “Russians”. At least outside of Germany you should be able to see it on youtube.
Expression Of Interest
Signs Of Spring
Take The A Train
And a riddle for Martina: What does that mean?
On Steroids
Oberstadt, Bad Reichenhall