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Friday 16 July 2010

Summer - white heat, and notes on excursions to be repeated

Collobrières

If you wonder why there are hardly ever any "summer pictures" on this blog, take a look at the photograph and imagine the heat that goes with the haze in the hills.

Of course, I could have reported on a trip to the newly opened Centre Pompidou in Metz at the end of May, but it was cold and raining then (!), and the light was not right for the pictures I wanted to take. I will be back there soon, I hope.


Centre Pompidou Metz, reflets des galeries du rez de chaussée

Centre Pompidou Metz, La ville dans la galerie


I could also have reported on an artistic project in my home region of the Saar, where French artist Valérie Hendrich-Kraemer, together with designers Hullmann and Gimmler, works on a topic very close to my heart: Reflections in water. In her case reflections of words taken from poems. Again, the light was not right during my visit, but I will be back there, too.

Le bonheur réfléchi - V. Hendrich Krämer, Büro Hullman-Gimmler


Saturday 6 February 2010

Wasserschloss


Wasserschloss I - UKV Gebäude Saarbrücken
UKV-Gebäude Saarbrücken (Click on the image to enlarge)

Going back to my native Saarland, my uncle and aunt took me to this "moated castle" in Saarbrücken, knowing about my interest in architecture and reflections.

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Friday 4 September 2009

Intérieur - Extérieur / Place de Vosges, Paris


L'Eclaireur 1







Interior - Exterior
Innen und Außen
Intérieur - extérieur








Travelling to Paris on 30 August provided the chance to catch the last day of the Cartier-Bresson exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie. (It is still under "current exhibitions", but it will no doubt be moved from there soon: www.mep-fr.org)

Putting on Ferdinando Scianna ("La Géométrie et la Passion") at the same time, did not do him much good: Even though there were some masterpieces in his show, too (less than a handful), he clearly does not reach the level of Cartier-Bresson. Cartier-Bresson's "géometrie" is more elegant and seems completely effortless.

Coming out of the MEP (with queues even longer than when I went in - Cartier-Bresson still draws large crowds!), I strolled around Place des Vosges. Looking at the Galleries and shops, I was able to take another shot at my favourite theme of the moment: Reflections and "inside-out / outside-in". The bright sunshine projected the Place des Vosges into the Galleries and show cases, where it blended with the exhibited works.

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Sunday 30 August 2009

La Rentrée


La rentrée 2009

Le week-end du 29 - 30 août est celui de la rentrée : l'école reprend la semaine prochaine.
Ce matin à la gare de Toulon, des familles, des groupes d'enfants de différentes colonies de vacances, des jeunes couples (formés pendant l'été ? les couples d'un été ?) étaient sur le quai de la gare pour "remonter" à Paris.


La rentrée 2009

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Wednesday 12 August 2009

Paris: Beaubourg - Centre Pompidou


Beaubourg Rue Rambuteau_1



Outside-in / inside-out
Aussen und innen
Extérieur - intérieur





As promised in the last posting, I come back to the topics of "inside-out / outside-in” and "museum and the city". These topics will probably keep my imagination busy for a while, and I will have to revisit places again and again, in order to refine my images and come closer to what I would like them to be.
Comments and proposals for improvements are very welcome.

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