Rosa Liksom from Finland at her photo exhibition named “Burka”, depicting women in blue Afghan burkas in Finnish landscape. The versatile artist is also present at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct 8 thru 12) with her new book named ‘Compartment No. 6’ (‘Hytti nro 6’ in Finnish, ‘Abteil Nr.6’ in German).
(This portrait shooting with the very friendly artist took about two minutes, just before the exhibition was opened.)
Category Archives: Photo Journalism
At a Soccer Match
Supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt, the city’s first division soccer team, after letting off red flares during the match against 1. FC Cologne, Oct. 4. Frankfurt won 3-2. Of course, pyrotechnics are illegal in soccer stadiums but somehow they are brought in anyway.
City Dragonfly
A gragonfly hovers above a little pond at Lohrberg park in the north of Frankfurt, Oct.2.
Canon 5D Mk3, EF 100-400, f 7.1, 1/1600 sec, ISO 800)
Stag Hiding
A Red Deer stag hides behind a tree at a wildlife park in Hanau, east of Frankfurt, Sep.25.
The Guitar Maker
Henning Doderer checks the frame of an acoustic guitar in his workshop in the village of Waldems, northwest of Frankfurt, Sep.23. His one-man-operation has an output of about three instrumenst per month. Doderer’s guitars are not exactly cheap but they sound very good…
Frankfurt’s Oktoberfest
Visitors in dirndls and lederhosen are on their way to attend the Oktoberfest in Frankfurt, Sep. 25, a smaller version of the traditional Munich beer festival. Some 2.500 people dressed up in modernized versions of Alpine leather breeches and dresses gather every night (Sep.18 thru Oct.11) for heavy partying (and beer drinking).
Hookah Lounge
A man smokes a shisha while checking his smartphone at an open air hookah lounge/cafe downtown Frankfurt, Sep.16.
At the Car Wash
A model stands in a rollover car wash unit on display at the ‘Automechanika’ auto parts trade fair in Frankfurt. This photo made into the LA Times’ ‘Framework’ collection…
(http://framework.latimes.com/2014/09/15/pictures-in-the-news-september-15-2014/#/5)
Waiting Position
A dummy waits for reassembly at a stall on the Frankfurt fairgrounds, Sep. 15, the day before the ‘Automechanika’ auto parts trade fair opens.
Wood Craftsman
A craftsman creates a wooden object on a lathe in Frankfurt, Sep.14.
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