Wildau

I took a short trip to Wildau (close to Berlin), also home to a University of applied sciences and here are a few images from that day.

Tags: analog, arts, berlin, nature, wildau…

Landau report part two: the attempts to deliver the Nutcrackers

“Make sure you take everything with you! Don’t leave anything behind!”. The lady who shouted this was probably something like the thirteenth attempt on our part to gift random strangers in Landau with a Nutcracker.…

The Nutcracker is part of

Shaping CITYzenship – Photos!

A while ago I wrote about this project I was involved in, which revolved around the city of Berlin, with a focus on the changing nature of the city and how media campaigns have shaped my understanding (in a way…

Find the same – beauty ideals and flawlessness on the streets of Berlin

Killing Us Softly 4 Trailer from Media Education Foundation on Vimeo.
In her documentary, Killing Us Softly 4, Jean Kilbourne says, referring to the ideal of absolutely flawless beauty with which we are continually fed by ads:

“She never …

People in museums

In the spirit of traditions I went to the 28th Long Night of Museums in Berlin…, which took place at the end of January.
I am fascinated by people in museums. It is this apparently banal activity of looking

Do you remember winter?

Today I noticed that daylight sticks around longer than before (finally!). Then I got some old films at the lab and I found these. That day I was traveling to Charlottenburg to run some errands there and the snow made…

The changing language of craft – Berlin

This article appeared on the Craft Guerrilla Zine, issue nr.8 (Winter Zine), which you can must buy here.
You can get it either as pdf or hard copy. It is a monthly issue which features articles, fantastic illustrations and …

Visions of humans – ongoing

In continuous evolution…
From the series: Visions of humans

Tags: analog, berlin, city, lights, mitte, park, public space, urbanism, visions of humans…

The ballad of those things that will not be remembered

Tags: analog, berlin, cars, city, environment, lights, lines, mitte, patterns, public space, resources, urbanism…

Patterns in the city

Also featuring: aesthetics of the economic downturn.

Tags: berlin, city, economy, mitte, order, pattern, private realm, public space, recession, regularity, urbanism…

Decide what goes on the billboard

I was walking through Alexanderplatz in the late afternoon, when I saw a group of people drawing on what is normally a panel reserved for advertisement. So I parked my bicycle and talked to them.
It turns out, this was…

Light

I am working on project… with another photographer, and it will be launched soon. So, please come back.
Negatives have been scanned, photos have been chosen, light has been evaluated and during an almost perfect end-of-summer night, while strolling around

In continuous evolution

Films remain in their box, filed and properly kept for months before it is possible to look at them with fresh eyes.
Continuing my “Visions of humans” series.

Tags: berlin, humans, park, private realm…,

Frankfurt Main Station

Frankfurt Main Station, in German Frankfurt (Main) Hbf, is the busiest railway station in Germany in terms of railway traffic, and the second in Germany when it comes to number of passengers. Hamburg main station can reach 550.000 passengers per…

When in London, think about Berlin

I am in London for a couple weeks to attend two interesting courses on textile design… and this chaotic city tends to be overwhelming, at least to someone who is used to relaxed, “take-your-time” Berlin. Not sure why, but whenever

Looping – On absence

It is not possible to show absence of men. The act of taking a photograph is a human action, and that who gazes at the photograph is destined to think of a man or a woman, if not because of…