Photographs & Memories

Hiroshima, Japan, 12 October 2025 What you cannot see when looking at this photographs are the many attempts I made when taking it. In other words, this is one version of many. Why I decided to post this one here I do not really know (I'm not into post-rationalisations) yet I find the taking of pictures one thing, the selecting process afterwards however  quite another.  

Tottori, Japan, 7 October 2025 Ambling through the Japanese town of Tottori means to be surrounded by modern and often pretty futuristic looking buildings. Now imagine my suprise when all of a sudden I came across the above house, not somewhere on the outskirts but right behind the central train station.

Tottori, Japan, 7 October 2025 Nothing is more difficult than being simple. Japanese architecture, to my mind, is art 'cause  it has the courage to be simple and unexpected.

Sargans, Switzerland, 14 September 2025 Sometimes I know what makes me take a photograph, which is just another way of saying that often I don't. In the case of this pîcture it was the background colour. It was my friend, the photographer Blazenka Kostolna, who pointed   to the importance of background. When she mentioned it I felt slightly embarrased for I thought it to be more than obvious. So how come I had overlooked it? I still don't know but I don't do it anymore.

Nant, 7. September 2025 Vor einigen Wochen habe ich den Murtensee entdeckt, Von Praz aus habe ich Spaziergänge gemacht, von denen mich einer auch nach Nant führte, einem Ort, von dem ich bis anhin noch nie gehört hatte. An dieser Aufnahme ist nichts gestellt. Genau so hat sich mir diese Szene präsentiert. Trotzdem ist sie für den Ort, den ich gesehen  habe, nicht typisch, und doch macht diese Aufnahme Nant für mich aus.

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 24 May 2014 It was Hunter S. Thompson, who made me fly to Puerto Rico, where his Rum Diary takes place. Since I had once read his Fear and  Loathing on the Campaign Trail , I thought to have essential insights into the US that at the time still seemed to stand for hope. Hunter S. Thompson's rather gloomy view showed me something very, very different.