may '17: spring meets modern.

hessian ministry for interiors & sports. ( built in 1968 )

with my growing interest in modern buildings i am more & more drawn to taking walks in the areas of the city that involve high-rises, industrial & business parks and also living areas that are fairly new or going back to the 50ies of the last century. and i keep noticing how much i enjoy taking these walks and looking out for interesting buildings to shoot & finding details that i'm particularly excited about. a building's facade can be as bleak and boring as you can imagine, but there will be always some details that catch your eyes and that make the building a lot more interesting. i especially love when nature joins in, be it the way a plant is growing on walls up to the roof or how some birds find some kind of sanctuary in cityscapes. of course a symmetry of some geometric elements can be enticing as well and make you feel some kind of aesthetic pleasure. and it is strange, but to take photos of modern buildings feels so easy-going & simple. whereas i often struggle to take beautiful pictures of older structures and be pleased with the outcome, i rarely feel the same way about modern architecture. it is the other way around actually, i just need 2 or 3 pictures to be immediately pleased with the outcome. even though my love for old architecture is still going strong, i have a hard time to capture their soul, as they are often crammed with details. you need more than a few pictures to properly display what it is that makes them so special and to give them justice.

if you look close enough you will notice two little figures on the roof of the narrow building.

and suddenly, boom, two doves peeking down on you and showing off their shimmery plumage.

in past times a building like this would've earned a headshake from me. it's strange how your perspective on things change over time and your eyes & mind open up to new concepts and start to find things that strike a nerve with you. maybe my new infatuation might mean that i'm turning into a boring adult, with a dead inner life. or that i'm craving simplicity and a minimal way of life to experience the essentials it has to offer. you choose.

foxglove-tree.

the federal statistics office - destatis. all official statistics coming out of germany are generated in this building. it's a mid 50ies building, no one knows anymore who was responsible for the construction.

city office for real estate & economy.

tengelmann tower & hit supermarket. the tower was once a center for tengelmann operations, but i'm not sure if it's still in possession of the corporation. hit is a food retailer in germany ( actually quite a good one and i've been thinking about applying there for a job lately ).

strolling along the berliner straße.

new building near abraham-lincoln-straße.

there's a pedestian crossing over the berliner street and you can have a nice view onto the zircon tower and the taunus mountains.

mirrors on the dbv building.

beautiful overgrown building. it houses the nurse training school of the nearby joho hospital.

i shot it in winter once, do you remember?

the polish catholic church holy family. built in 1956 by martin braunstorfinger & enhanced in the 80ies by franz josef mühlenhoff.

i really like the holy family painting on the facade.

the slim campanile of the church is truly a looker.

the dorint hotel near my place.

the reisinger anlage is a park only about 5 minutes away from where i live and it's actually a nice hanging out place throughout the day ( whereas you really should avoid certain corners after sunset - especially if you dislike brawling youth, haha. )

may '20: seeking modernism.

super pink rhododendron buds emerging! i start off this post with some flower images to appreciate and praise the time of spring, especially the month of may, which is the most abundant spring month to me personally. all the blossoms, all the fresh greens amass during may, and my heart and mind are hardly ever able to not frolick & gush about it all! for this post i am returning to one walk i did with the sole purpose to find a special mid-century villa in königstein ( which would ultimately prove to be a failure - i did find it, but i couldn't approach it properly to have a good look at it and only ever saw a tiny bit of the garden/forest side ). the whole walk was not a letdown, though, as i did find some other mid-century & brutalism gems and thoroughly enjoyed walking through the old spa town in the taunus mountains. rhododendron shrubs yield all kinds of different blossoms in myriad colours, they are easy to breed, therefore a wide variety can be found all over the wor...

july '20: lake petersdorf discoveries and a plea against genocide.

the green wild meadows of malchow's sandfeld. in the west of malchow there is a big chunk of forest that spans towards plauer see, a widely 'uncultivated' area these days, but it hasn't always been this way. in my last post i mentioned the nazi munition factory that had been built in these woods, away from prying eyes of their enemies and where they also built an external subcamp for the concentration camp ravensbrück. exactly these woods we explored on a pretty sunny day, betraying the darkness that happened around these parts. isn't it weird that there are places in this world that were built or used by dark forces and horrible regimes and you vist them 80 years later and they are the most peaceful places you can imagine? sometimes my brain can't cope with the contrast of knowing what was in the past and what the present looks and feels like. it definitely leaves me with a strange impression often, kind of like a little sting in my heart and brain that is not ...

the america chronicles '22: austin I - city of the violet crown.

sighted on the way to austin: the texas colorado river . but beware, this is not the iconic colorado river ( 2.334 km long ) that has its source in the rocky mountains and confluences in the gulf of california, flowing through the grand canyon and other magnificent landscapes along the way, but this is texas' very own colorado river with a length of 1.387 km starting in the llano estacado plains in northwestern texas, and eventually ending up in the gulf of mexico at matagorda bay . why there are two colorado rivers in the US, i really don't know 😅 my guess is, that they were named by two people in different times, not knowing of the other's colorado river discovery. we'll meet the texas colorado river again in austin, so i will probably bestow more information on you eventually ;D a random road squirrel, also found on the way to austin. austin is about 187 miles ( 300 km ) away from baytown and is situated west from there in central texas. it sits at the foot of th...

ghost of nature.

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