A skateboarder practices in front of a fountain at Frankfurt’s financial district, July 3.
Category Archives: Photo Journalism
Tempting Fruit

A pidgeon stretches to pick one of the red fruits from an amelanchier or shadbush in my neighborhood in Frankfurt, May 26.
(This is one of the photos that required the least effort ever – I was working on my computer when I saw the bird through the window. I just picked up my camera, still seated, and took a few shots…)
Still Smiling

A portrait of a man, still smiling optimistically, on a shopping bag that was added to an already overflowing wastebasket in Frankfurt, May 24.
(Sony Alpha 6000, SEL-55210, taken through a car window moments before lights went green…)
The Remains of the Day

Rose petals and rice on the wet pavement in front of Frankfurt’s register office, May 23.
Urban Gardening

An old tv set at an urban gardening project on wasteland in the former port area in Offenbach, Frankfurt’s neighboring city, May 18.
(Sony Alpha 6000, SEL-16F28, ISO100, f 3.5, 1/1000 sec.)
Anton, the Bulldog

A French Bulldog named Anton reluctantly has his photo taken in Karben, north of Frankfurt, May 15.
Morning on the Autobahn

On my to Kassel, yesterday morning, May 14.
Taken with my Lumia 1020 phone (including this somewhat inconsistent focus).
Cloudscape

Clouds build up over the Taunus hills, just north of Frankfurt, May 13.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie during her sold-out reading at the Literaturhaus in Frankfurt, May 12, starting her reading tour through Germany. She presented her new novel ‘Americanah’, first published in 2013 and winning the National Book Critics Circle Award (NBCC).
Abstract Painting

A visitor looks at an abstract painting by late US artist Ad Reinhardt [1913-1967], aptly named ‘Abstract Painting’, at the Städel museum in Frankfurt, May 10, during the ‘Long Night of Museums’. Museums and cultural institutions remained open late into the night, drawing a crowd of some 35,000 people.
