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Thursday 18 March 2010
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Thursday 18 March 2010, 11:30 - Expositions / Exhibitions
Saturday 6 February 2010
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Saturday 6 February 2010, 11:35 - Reflets-Réflexion
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.
Thursday 24 December 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Thursday 24 December 2009, 14:23
Après le froid de l’hiver et les turbulences économiques, je vous
souhaite
une année 2010 chaleureuse pleine de bonheur et de succès dans vos
projets
After the cold winter and the rough economic climate, I wish you a
warm, happy and successful year 2010
Nach dem kalten Winter und dem rauen Wirtschaftsklima wünsche ich
Ihnen
ein warmes, glückliches und erfolgreiches Jahr 2010
Hans-Josef Jeanrond
Tuesday 20 October 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Tuesday 20 October 2009, 17:00 - Portrait
Tuesday 15 September 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Tuesday 15 September 2009, 16:55 - London
Extending a business trip left me with some time to visit an old friend in
London and to walk around some of the areas that I knew well in the past. So I
walked until blisters and an oncoming cold stopped me, catching some images for
my reflection series. (And some more "touristy" ones, too)
The above photograph is from Paternoster Square, a huge commercial
development, including the new London Stock Exchange, right next to St. Paul's
Cathedral. One wonders whether, during the height of the financial crisis,
bankers and investors went in procession through what used to be Paternoster
Row, like the medieval clergy of St. Paul's, praying for better
times...
Friday 4 September 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Friday 4 September 2009, 17:30 - Reflets-Réflexion
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.
Sunday 30 August 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Sunday 30 August 2009, 22:30 - Reflets-Réflexion
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.
Cliquez sur les images pour les agrandir.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Wednesday 12 August 2009, 17:40 - Reflets-Réflexion
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.
Sunday 28 June 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Sunday 28 June 2009, 11:05 - Paris
Even if you are "just" moving within a village, it's a gruelling experience.
And it is an interminable one: You don't hire a professional removal company,
since you only have to transport things over a mile, and in our case, you have
nearly 2 months to do it. (redecoration of two houses included).
This blog is not about the hassles of moving, the trouble of finding space for
things that have lived in your garages and cellars for many years - in a house
that does not have either; about the incompetence of telecoms companies and
Internet access providers, about the surprises of electric and water-pipes
installations, etc., otherwise this entry might be 100 pages long.
Let us just state that the exercise kept me from writing this blog, and from
photography in general.
Well not completely, as these images may prove.
Monday 9 March 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Monday 9 March 2009, 15:20
Six weeks after the mimosas flowering in Bormes les Mimosas, spring is
finally arriving in the valleys beyond the coast line. It came about a week
later than last year, and the blossoming is not quite as abundant this
year.
The image above is of our mirabelle tree. It has lost a few branches in storms
and seems to have produced a ton of fruit last year in order to ensure
procreation. Luckily it survived both storms and over-abundant fruit production
(leading to the loss of more branches), but is flowering with a lot more
parsimony this year
Monday 16 February 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Monday 16 February 2009, 20:45 - Provence / Var
We are still back at 25 January, the same day we discovered the mimosas in
full bloom. (See the posting before this one).
Ending the day with a coffee on the quay of the port of Hyères, I was able to
chase a few more reflections in the water. The port of Hyères is rather
"modern" and mostly devoid of charme. Nevertheless, the soft evening light and
the palm-trees at the edge of the harbour basin made for a few nice images. At
least I hope you agree they are nice.
Friday 6 February 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Friday 6 February 2009, 16:50 - Provence / Var
Sunday 1 February 2009
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Sunday 1 February 2009, 17:10 - Provence / Var
31 January marked the end of the season for "season greetings" in France.
This extended season gives French people a lot more time than those in most
other countries to recover from celebrations before sending their New Year's
wishes. It shows we have a different sense of time. (I say "we" since I have
adapted a long time ago. Having to be exactly on time has become a
strain...)
So it is time, even in France, to follow the greetings-entry of this blog with
a new posting.
Even though we have already had a glimpse of spring last Sunday (25 January)
seeing the mimosas blossom in Bormes les Mimosas, let us first come back to the
spot that figured on the greeting card in the last posting.
Saturday 27 December 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Saturday 27 December 2008, 13:19 - Provence / Var
Thursday 28 August 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Thursday 28 August 2008, 20:30 - Expositions / Exhibitions
"Mat dansant"
(Cliquez sur l'image pour l'agrandir)
Wednesday 6 August 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Wednesday 6 August 2008, 21:12 - Provence / Var
December 2007
(Click on the image to enlarge)
Driving, cycling, and hiking through the countryside of the Var, you often
see trees planted next to sheds in the fields (and next to houses, of course).
Some of these sheds are very small, most of them very old, and one wonders why
it should be so important to have big trees so close to them, trees that
sometimes seem to crush the sheds.
Wednesday 23 July 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Wednesday 23 July 2008, 23:10 - Provence / Var
(Click on the image to enlarge)
As promised in the last posting, here are images made looking out of my
office window to the right, across the seasons.
Monday 14 July 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Monday 14 July 2008, 18:10 - Provence / Var
(click on the image to enlarge)
Most French people think that you are retiring. Well I am not, and given the
state of retirement finances in France and in Germany, I will probably never be
able to retire. I hope my customers and prospects don't think I am retired, and
they don't need to call upon me any more!
The people in the south suspect, that if you are not retired, you will not live
here during the whole year. Probably thinking « no need to integrate these
people », they won't be around most of the time.
Worse still: How do you move from a project of rather abstract photography
at La Défense to the postcard-landscapes of Provence, photographed a million
times before you get there? Or how do you write about your experience without
subconsciously plagiarising Marcel Pagnol or Peter Mayle?
Sunday 6 July 2008
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Sunday 6 July 2008, 16:00 - Expositions / Exhibitions
By Hans-Josef Jeanrond on Sunday 6 July 2008, 13:18 - La Défense
(Click on the image to enlarge)
Some new images and some « returns » from a visit on 17 June:
Time for new topics...
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