Photographs & Memories & Smart Quotes

Maienfeld, 28 September 2023 Das interessiert mich überhaupt nicht, Sascha! Privat können Sie meinetwegen denken, was Sie wollen, ja. Da rede ich Ihnen auch nicht rein. Aber hier, hier haben wir bestimmte Prinzipien, an die wir uns halten, alle, verstehen Sie: alle. Und jetzt mal klipp und klar: Den Lebensabend unserer Bewohner, den bezeichnen Sie bitte nie wieder - hören Sie: nie wieder - als 'Restlaufzeit'.Haben Sie mich verstanden? Jens Sparschuh: Das Leben kostet viel Zeit

Copenhagen, 27 June 2012 I've often been to Copenhagen, my friend Alex lives there. Quite obviously, I'm not the only one who takes pictures there, however not the kind that I tried to document here. This kind of photographs belongs to the reassurance category: they prove, and assure me, that I exist, been there and done that.

Pohang, South Korea, 15 June 2026 I have taken numerous pictures of the building of which the above image originates. Since the window bars are slightly blurred, I went back to take some other pics yet the light had changed. So in the end, I decided to be fond of the shot with the blurred window bars.  

Pohang, South Korea, 15 June 2026 When it comes to flowers, I'm totally ignorant. In a conventional sense, that is, for I rarely know how they are called. Well, it has never interested me, and it still doesn't. In fact, I do know so little about botany that I'm surprised to find the above flowers here in South Korea since I have seen them before in France, I think. Which to me means that they belong to France. Yes, I do know that similar climates will generate similar flowers ... nevertheless ...  

Pohang, South Korea, 13 June 2026 I was looking down from a pedestrian bridge when I discovered this, to my eyes, pretty uniquely covered bench. Later this Sunday, I took many more pictures but they didn't  seem to turn out much better.

Pohang, South Korea, 13 June 2026 I usually photograph flowers from the front. It’s rare for me to take  pictures of them from behind, and when it’s windy, as it was in this case,  it takes quite some patience not to give up.