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Streetphotography in Monochrome

In the last couple of weeks, I worked on completely redesigning the website. The aim was to make it more functional and accessible – and give it a pretty new look. So, it took a lot of time, and I didn’t have much of it. Anyway, finally, it is ready for 2015, and I can get back to business – posting photography, it was, if I remember correctly.

Before I get to that, here is a quick orientation walk through the new site:
On the front page, you see a header showpiece on top (be patient if it doesn’t pop out immediately; it will load eventually). Below, the last seven posts are displayed in chronological order.  If you click “show more” at the bottom of the page, you can access the older ones. Another possibility for browsing through the posts is to use the calendar or the archives in the sidebar. I think the functionality is quite self-explanatory, so I won’t elaborate. There is also a neat search function on the sidebar and a tag cloud if you want it to be more topic-oriented. So, the site works mainly through the front page now, with the sidebar as a toolkit for navigation. However, the top menu is not gone entirely. The About or Contact section remained basically unchanged, so if you want to give me some feedback – that’s the way to go, and I would certainly appreciate it (or you can comment on the individual posts, of course) 🙂 The other menu points are brand new. So, the portfolio section is a new way to conceive and re-organize photo series by creating portfolios from thematically or geographically linked posts. So instead of searching all of my Uzbekistan posts, for example, here you have them in one place, ready to view.

Another new feature is the Store. You can buy prints or digital copyrights for specific pictures via the 500px store. It’s just a selection, if you need something else please contact me. So that’s it. Back to business:

Street photography in Monochrome. Shot in Poland and Austria in 2014.

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Greek Series: Greece in Black and White

This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series”, consisting of photographs I shot while backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts over here.

Without any doubt, Greece is a colourful country, and I myself am very fond of powerful colors in photographs. But interestingly sometimes the absence of color brings focus and a certain sharpness to pictures.

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Afternoon Project: London Pt. 3, Before Remembrance Day

As it turned out, the day I was in London on the 10th of November was the day before Remembrance Day, and Westminster was in complete preparations for the big event. Remembrance Day evolved out of the mourning for the death of World War I and became a kind of Veterans Day with many military parades and symbolism. Interestingly, the day before, there were a lot of veterans in White Hall, and I had the chance to photograph some of them.

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Graz: Light and Distance

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These shots are from my visit to the Styrian capital of Graz last week. I played around with light and perspective in analog as well in digital “postproduction”. The first shot showcases the so-called love chains on the main bridge above the river Mur. On the right side, you see the green city hill “Schlossberg”. The second picture shows the city hall in B&W.

These were taken in the “Rüstkammer”, the largest depot of medieval armory worldwide. As I had not planned the visit, I was not sure what to expect. But the museums turned out to be pretty exciting and great as a subject for photography.

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Hill of Crosses, Lithuania

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The Hill of Crosses is a sacred place in Northern Lithuania close to Silauliai. It consists of two small artificial hills (maybe 5 to 6 meters high)  amid vast farming land. The origins of the crosses are primarily unknown, though many legends speak of soldiers finding their last rest in the ground beneath. In the 19th century, the place became regarded as mystical and holy. First, crosses were erected in honor of fallen soldiers and in remembrance of deceased family members, and later also to celebrate happy occasions like weddings and baptisms. The Soviets saw the hill as a place of fanatic cultism and closed it down. Despite the repressions, they could not stop the tradition, and after 1990, the Hill of Crosses grew even more, becoming a national symbol of religion and endurance. Today, crosses can be seen from around the world, not only catholic crosses but also orthodox and evangelical ones. Whether religious or not, the place doesn’t leave the visitor cold.

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Bohemia in March

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It should have been spring, but it was a freezing cold winter weekend. Some impressions of the southern bohemian cities of Czeske Budejovice (Budweis) and Czesky Krumlov (Krumlau) in those days.

Main Square of Czeske Budejovice (Böhmisch Budweis)

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Bookstore “Shakespeare And Sons” in Czesky Krumlov (Krumlau)

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Krumlov, as seen from the Schwarzenberg castle

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Winter in spring

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Cesky Pernik in Krumlov

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Colors of Budejovice

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Budweis Brewery in Budejovice (must visit!)

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