Tag: street
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Morning Coffee Talk~45/365
Good Morning, Last night I dreamt of a man walking in the fog and woke up today to find a foggy world around me. But that’s another story. Have you noticed how much time we spend capturing life in our devices without taking the time to feel it, sense it, be with it and understand…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 42/365
Good Morning, I am back in Germany getting readjusted to my routine and processing the 13 day journey I just had in the Emirates. Before it blurs into the halls of my memory, I thought to list 9 words that I would choose to describe the trip and my experiences. It’s a challenge to do…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 36/365
Good Morning, One of the positive things about travel for me is the interruption of routines. One of the daily things I did every day when at home was watch the news. I have not done so in over 10 days now and I have noticed an interesting consequence: mental space. There is more space…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 33/354
Good Morning, It has been raining so much here in Dubai the last two days, it reminds me that anything can happen despite our projections and familiar expectations. A good resolution this for me this year is openness mixed with flexibility to be able to meet the unknown with more resilience. The future is here…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 30/375
Good Morning, Being here in Dubai feels like travel to a parallel world in so many ways. In the last few days I have gone from winter to summer, from rain to sun, from indoors to almost all outdoors living, from a covid focused reality to a world of control over covid existence. The world…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 23/365
Good Morning, Do you remember travel? We used to travel a lot more on planes, trains, cars and boats. These days, it’s getting so complicated to plan, prepare for and make the actual journey. I am planning to travel this coming week and suddenly so many considerations enter the equation. Keywords get highlighted in my…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 19/365
Good Morning, If you celebrate Christmas, you must be counting down at this point to the event next Friday. Here in Germany, some of the cities like Duesseldorf are lucky to have their Christmas markets still open despite the rising Covid-19 numbers, but with restrictions. At this point the change and strangeness of the pandemic…
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Istanbul~ Shadow Stories
On this trip, I was chasing the light as most street photographers do, to experience the extraordinary dimensions that it gives to ordinary life moment. Istanbul in the early morning, sunset or even high noon can look quite magical through the lens. It’s a city of almost 18 million residents, bustling with life, energy and…
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The Birds of Istanbul~
Upon first arriving in Istanbul, you are overwhelmed with the sheer amount of visual stimuli and with the unusual that makes the city what it is. Magnificent architecture, unique sounds and smells of its exotic cuisine and spices, the water ways surrounding it, and mostly the birds. The seagulls and pigeons are everywhere, flying, fishing,…
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A Grey Day in Istanbul ~
It rained most of the day today In Istanbul. Rain has this way of forcing it’s mood on you, doesn’t it? There is a sense of containment and going inwards, where if you had the choice, you would curl indoors with a book or bake cookies. I love rain photography, when reflection, rain drops and…