Photographs & Memories

Santa Cruz do Sul, 5 February 2026 This picture shows part of the new annex of the school where I regularly teach intensive courses in English conversation during the Brazilian summer holidays.  The photo, to me, is an attempt at catching the sunlight that at this very moment fell on the school patio. Needless to say, only for a brief moment the scene looked like that.  

Andong, South Korea, 20 June 2026 You can't see what you see here with your naked eye. The camera (especially when using the zoom feature) shows me a world beyond my natural ability to see.

Gyeongju, South Korea, 18 June 2026 This is what you get to see when you step out of the train station in Gyeongju. If you want to tell people that they do not matter as individuals, you make them live as faceless objects in concrete jungles.

Gyeongju, South Korea, 17 June 2026 Ir was a great surprise to see these flowers in a  flower shop in Gyeongju because so far I've only seen  them in Brazil. Yet another lesson that life is teaching us:  flowers know no  political entities (which are arbitrary despite  o ur historical reasonings),  they only know climates.

Gyeongju, South Korea, 17 June 2026 Framing is not just a question of what to leave in  or out of the frame; it is also about what I decide to focus on. Moreover, it is a creative act by which I present my  personal way of seeing.

Maribor, Slovenia, 10 November 2025 I remember how surprised I was that hardly a youngster seemed to speak German (the Austrian border is close). English was the language  of choice, a nowadays common phenomenon, I learned. My handy-camera is not suitable for pictures of buildings (as one can see) yet I simply couldn't resist the glassfront that intrigued me.

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