Tapestry

Spyker Castle, Germany, September 2016

At the Spyker Castle they painted the outside walls in Burgundy-red and then hired the Nature as decorator to ornate the said walls with a very stylish and perfectly harmonized green wall-paper.

At the Window

Krabat-Mühle, Germany, 2015

The little plant watches – from its place on the window sill – the world passing by, all the people from all the places. It even stretched its head to be able to peek around the corner.

Arabesque Shadow

Moritzburg, Germany, 2012

Dry Ivy

Kelheim, Germany, July 2012

The dry ivy branches spread over the exterior wall of this old house like the greedy fingers of an old witch. Their erratic and irregular lines contrast with the clean rectangular shape of the  window.

The Weasel goes analogue

Germany, August 2011

Recently I go the new La Sardina + Fritz the Blitz analog camera from the Lomography.com website, and here is one of my first attempts with film camera. With the proper lighting, the colors come out very vibrant and saturated. This was taken from my window, in one evening at sunset. Although happy with the first results, I am still learning.

Dream House in Wörlitz

Wörlitz, Germany, July 2011

Few weekends ago we ended up, mostly by mistake (long story, don’t ask!), in Wörlitz. Wörlitz is a small, old town in Sachsen-Anhalt, but it has a really huge, and very beautiful park, stretched over a lake, with small islands and various palaces and “temples”. Since it was rather late, and rainy we didn’t get to visit much of it, so we put it on our list of places to see. Wandering through the town, I spotted this old house covered by vine. Red brick and green vine. A dream house.

In the Light

Kreuzkirche, Dresden, October 2010

While I am not a religious person, I like visiting churches, for aesthetical reasons, and, when possible, for photographical reasons as well. I won’t start now about how art evolved in close connection with religion, but I want to point out that, while rather difficul to take pictures there (becaue there’s not much light), one can find very beautiful shapes there and amazing games of light and shadow.

The picture today I took it in Kreuzkkirche, in Dresden. The church built around 1200, was destroyed on the WW2, like most of the historical center of Dresden, and rebuilt. Inside is very simple, typical Lutheran (say minimalist decoration), which enhances even more the beauty of the shapes, and of the light and shades cast through the windows in sunny days. The walls are covered by this gray/very light brown plaster, which also looks rather rugged and unfinished which I think it is (intended or not) a symbol, a reminder of the destruction and ruins caused by the war. Any war.