The second cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in Biblis, some 70 kms (43 mls) south of Frankfurt, collapses during its controlled demolition. The power plant was shut down in 2011 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in a political decision to phase-out nuclear power in Germany.
Last December I had the opportunity of spending an afternoon in Jerusalem.
The floats for this year’s rose monday carnival parade were presented at a press preview in Mainz, some 50 kms (30mls) west of Frankfurt. Satirical portrayals of politicians and current affairs are an integral part of Carnival celebrations in Germany.
After finding my old handheld document scanner I did a scan of an old man.
At St. Peter-Ording on the North Sea coast in Germany, just south of Denmark, Oct.2022.
(Reproductions of Fuji Instax images, shot with a Lomo Instant Square camera)
Last week while being in Berlin I had an hour or so to kill before my train went back to Frankfurt and so I took a walk around the railway station and the nearby parliament building.
(Fuji X100F)
A trip to Munich and Bavarian towns in August 2022.
All photo taken with Sony A7rIV and 50mm/1.2 GM.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of the ruling Social Democratic Party speaks at a local party gathering at a country inn in the Taunus range near Frankfurt. (Seen from outside, the windows reflecting the pine trees)
Thousands gather in Frankfurt in solidarity with Ukraine and against Russia’s invasion, Feb.26, 2022.
Yesterday, I went to Esch-sur-Alzette, a city of 36.000 inhabitants in Luxembourg, that along with Kaunas and Novi Sad is one of the three Capitals of European Culture 2022. Sadly, it was a very gray and dull day. On the other hand, in a way it fit pretty well with this industrial steel and mining town that underwent a severe structural change in the past decades.
The images shown here were taken on Fuji Instax film with a Lomo camera.
Of course, I took lots of other images with my usual Sony equipment, too.
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