Tag: duesseldorf
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Morning Coffee Talk~7/365
Good morning, it’s a little after 6 am. I love the early morning, the smell of the first cup of coffee, the calm that envelopes the world around me, the promise of the first light to come reminding me that I live on a spinning sphere, a mind boggling fact on its own. My thoughts…
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Duesseldorf- Start of Summer
Summer weather and the start of some kind of normalcy in Düsseldorf bring a sigh or relief after months of lockdown. This past weekend I sensed a feeling of liberation in people as they strolled around in the city streets and waited in line at restaurants and cafes. Is this the beginning of the end…
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Living in Deep Freeze~
It’s always a good time to restart a blog, but there is something more compelling about living through: a global pandemic a general breakdown of norms as we know them an increase in conductivity (trust me on that) incredibly strange weather patterns varied degrees of lockdown measures living vicariously through my photographic archived memories becoming…
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Photography Projects in Lockdown~ Hope
Two months ago, lockdown began as a precaution for the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. I had to find a creative way to change the way that my busy and very active photography meetup group of over 2000 members meets and keeps on finding inspiration. So the photographing a concept came to life. The first idea…
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Alone Together~
When I examine my days carefully, looking for moments of peace, of clarity, of calm and reflective processes, I realize that almost always, these are moments of being alone. I remember in my early twenties when I went to India for the first time and tried out a month long silence, the most surprising result…
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Rescued by Art~
All images taken during a meetup of photographers I organized last Saturday in Kunst im Tunnel museum in Düsseldorf.
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Before they wake up~ Düsseldorf
Before the city awakens, when the light slowly paints the dark blue horizon, that’s when magic happens. To think of how many mornings we end up not witnessing this wonder makes me wish to miss more sleep. What is your favorite time to practice street photography? Photos taken early this morning on the banks of…
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Nuclear Spring~
Nuclear spring~ I love how spring just explodes into being against all odds right when we start believing the cold is here to stay! Day 97 of 365~ Germany
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Carnival~ Karneval~ Fasching~ Mardi Gras
It all began and is rooted in the Carnevalle of Venice with its masked balls and elaborate costumes, now these festivities are observed religiously in different parts of Germany, Switzerland, France, New Orleans, and other places. A day to dress up and scare away the devil, one would hope. Preparations began on 11/11 at 11:11…
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The thing about time~
As long as there is a sun for the planet to revolve around, time will be our master. We chase it, we save it, we spend it, we waste it and we race against it. Isn’t it time we make peace with time? Day 5 of 365, Germany