Ludwigsvorstadt, Munich To celebrate Cartier-Bresson’s birthday, The Online Photographer has called for a Street Photography Day. Here are my 0.02 € (as long as this currency still exists).
Street Photography Day
The Old Trick With Complementary Colors
Heimeranplatz, München The first morning light sometimes is the sweetest. On a side note: I try again and again to train my black-and-white skills, but those color images win all too often. Difficult.
Reflection Forest
Hansastr., Munich (osm) Early, early morning, the sun not yet fully up, but the summer’s light strong enough to illuminate an urban dream forest. Well, the kind of dream a city environment can provide, that is.
Untitled
Train Station, Munich Venice was a short interlude, prolific in terms of photography, but the normal week days are working days with commuting as part of the routine. Meanwhile I have the camera at hand whenever I leave the train, and this image found me barely 10m away from the platform. For quite some time…
Leaving Venice
Isola Vignole, Venice A whole day walking certainly makes tired!
Last Views Of The Canals
Fondamenta dei Preti, Venice, (osm) Reaching the end of the Venice series tomorrow. Update: fixed the typo in the title. I knew something was wrong, but didn’t find out what it was. (Thanks, Tyler!)
Public Transport, Venice Style
Cavallino-Treporti, (osm)
Shelter From The Downpour
Fondamenta dei Preti, Venice, (osm)
St. Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi
Arc And Stairs
Calle del Mondo Novo, Venice, (osm)
Shop Window With Masks
Calle Ruzzini, Venice, (osm) The island in the reflected image is one of Venice’s graveyards, St. Michele.
Robe And Masks
Campo Santa Maria Nova, Venice, (osm)
Different Styles V
Quinto Ramo del Parangon, Venice As these masks are probably sold in hundred thousands every year, I did not dare to turn them around and search for the (most probably) Chinese vendor ID. But they are much more agreeable for my eyes than any Mickey Mouse or Simpson.
Facing The Inevitable
Campo San Bartolomeo, Venice, (osm)
Different Styles IV
Sotoportego Secondo Ramo del Par, Venice
Different Styles III
Different Styles II
Different Styles
Arcs Et Ciel
This image reminded me of the French expression for rainbow, “arc-en-ciel”, arch-in-the-sky. Guess I have some preference for playing with words as well as with images.
Calle Castelli, Arc And Fireplug
Sant’ Erasmo Fireplug
Through an Italian Expat in Germany we were directed to the island of Sant’ Erasmo, where we found an unexpectedly quiet and friendly hotel (Il Lato Azurro). This island is 30 minutes by boat away from Venice, but approaching Venice by ship has its own merits. And on Sant’ Erasmo I saw my first Venice…
Kitsch Alert: August Wallpapers
Certainly not for the faint of heart is the wallpaper for August, for download as usual here. But what would be Italy (and especially Venice) without an appeal to cuore, amore, and dolore. So enjoy if you can!
Memento Mori
Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi, Venice, (osm) Of course such a topic can’t go by without reference to German author Thomas Mann’s novella ‘Dead in Venice’ and its later adaptions by Visconti or, lesser known, Benjamin Britten. The writer’s block, that is one of the main topics of the novel, is certainly something most photographers…
Geometria Veneziana
Old Arcs
