At the Frankfurt stock exchange, Oct.16, after European stock markets tumbled again on global growth fears.
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Evening in Frankfurt
Frankfurt’s banking district, taken from one of the highrise buildings last week, Oct 8.
(Taken through the window with the Sigma 1.4 50mm Art lens)
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.
Fall is Near
A hazy morning in Frankfurt, Sep.6. At left is the Eschenheimer Turm, a 15th century remnant of the medieval town fortifications.
Old African Sculpture
A terracotta head that was created between 800 and 400 BC is exhibited in front of a Roman replica of a Greek sculpture (200 BC) at an exhibition of African Nok sculpture at the Liebieghaus museum in Frankfurt, Oct.29. When Egypt, Greece and Rome blossomed during the 2nd and 1st millenium BC the Nok culture (1500 to 0 BC) existed in West Africa in what is now Nigeria.
The Cathedral
Frankfurt’s cathedral, constructed between 1250 and 1514, is seen on Oct. 24 behind buildings of which most were built after 1945. From 1562 to 1792 the cathedral, in German ‘Dom’, was the site where German emperors were crowned.
Sunset through a Piece of Art
Sunset at the Staedel art museum in Frankfurt, Oct. 23, seen through an acrylic glass lens which is part of a work by late German artist Adolf Luther.
Evening
Old cherry, apple, pear and mirabell trees in the evening light at Frankfurt’s Heiligenstock meadows, just 6 kms (4 mls) north of the city center, Sep. 16. A flock of sheep prevents the area from getting overgrown.
Spider over the City
A spider waits for prey in its web, built between the railing of a bridge over river Main before nightfall Sep. 3, with the city’s skyline as a backdrop.
Looking Westward
The setting sun illuminated the sky over Frankfurt yesterday evening, Sep.2. The future headquarters of the European Central Bank is at right.
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