2023
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October
We went to the middle age market again. And our group of friends filmed a music video as a birthday present one afternoon.
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September
Photos from the hospital, Zoe's birthday, and a fat cat.
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August
Zoe's first day at school. I went photographing with Florian at Zeche Zollverein in Essen. It was my mum's birthday. Saw Gatecreeper and Converge live in Dortmund with Bernd and Fred. We went to a horse race. And Bernd and I went on a multiday hike in Austria, where I broke my arm.
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July
The summer vacation in Annecy. Düsseldorf fun fair. A trip to the Eifel with Udo. And a trip to Berlin with Zoe.
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June
A family trip to Belgium, Folkerdey, quite a few things in between, and of course our camper motorway crash false start into the summer holidays.
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May
The circus came to town. Frankeninferno. Camping in Perlenau. And a visit to the Neaderthal museum.
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April
The birthdays continue. It's Easter. Another studio visit. Beyond Tellerrand conference. A poker night. And the all the stuff in between.
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March
Three birthdays and a studio visit.
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February
Ski vacation in Austria and Elfi's birthday.
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January
Starting the new year in and around Düsseldorf.
2022
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December
Finishing 2022
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November
We visited Schloss Benrath here in Düsseldorf.
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October
A trip to the mountains and a recording session.
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September
Zoe‘s birthday and only a handful of other images.
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August
Panoramic summer impressions.
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July
Two parties, some rare visitors, a camping trip, a Krimidinner, and some horse riding.
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June
Irrland and southern France.
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May
Various activities in Düsseldorf and a work trip to France.
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April
At the Aquazoo Düsseldorf, Easter, COVID infection, and a jam session.
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March
Mostly photos from my birthday party.
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February
Flying a kite, flea market and a pizza dinner.
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January
It’s the January post. With New Year’s leftovers and family photos.
2021
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September – December
A trip to Berlin. Zoe turns four. A work event. Friends turning forty. Family holiday in Italy. A band reunion of sorts. Christmas and New Year's. And the usual documentation in between.
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May – August
Our three weeks summer holiday, weekend camping trips, some bike riding and other activities in Düsseldorf.
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January – April
Life and death, sun and snow, at home and on the go.
2020
2019
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December
Meetings with friends and family. And some impressions of Düsseldorf.
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November
First photos with my new Rollei 35 S. A concert. A demonstration. And everything in between.
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October
Back to “normal” life.
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September
The holiday month. Photos of various stops in the alps. But mainly street photographs from Venice.
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August
A family gathering near Brussels, commuting photos and the usual documentation.
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July
Funfair, Nord Open Air and life in between.
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June
June was lovely with its long and sunny days. This one includes a few frames from around home, but mainly from our long-weekend camping trip to Holland.
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May
IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf, our first camping trip this year, and all the other bits in between.
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April
The first month living in the new neighbourhood. And so this post contains shots around there, at home, and of course random shots in between, which is the result of me taking my cameras everywhere I go.
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March
March was a mixed bag. I was doing lots of trips back and forth between Ratingen and Düsseldorf, preparing the move into our new apartment. Plus, I started a new/old job again, being busy working full time again.
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February
A tiny bit of street photography again.
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January
Dad on a visit and other daily-life snapshots.
2018
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December
Still in a bit of a photographic rut, I didn’t take that many pictures this month, either. But here are twelve. And this wraps up 2018.
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November
Simply ten photographs.
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October
In Paris.
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September
Back on the road. We made a trip to Normandy and other parts of the French Atlantic coast.
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August
Another month of summer back home.
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July
Some French Alpes leftovers, and documentation back home again.
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June
Camping along the Côte-d’Azur, some street photography in Nice, and the mountainous landscapes of the French Alpes.
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May
Time to travel again. Destination: southern France.
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April
Twenty photos of the day-to-day.
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March
Visiting my brother, his partner and their 3 months old daughter near London. Might contain traces of street photography.
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February
Carnival in Ratingen. A Ravage rehearsal. And a couple of leafless trees.
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January
New Year, new photos.
2017
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December
Wrapping up 2017 with more visual recordings of family, friends, and strangers.
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November
We settled into our new home. I completed my Leica setup and happily tried it out both at home and on the streets.
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October
Life with baby continues as we move into a new home.
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September
This one’s about the birth of our daughter.
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August
Back in Düsseldorf!
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July
Lots of travel this month, as we slowly made our way from Croatia’s south all the way back to Germany. We visited a few bigger cities this month – Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Munich – so I was able to shoot quite a bit of street photography again.
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June
Summer was in full swing and we chose to spent most of our time inside or near the water. Expect beach photos.
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May
We arrived in Croatia and spent most of the month on the Istria peninsula in the north. We very much welcomed the milder temperatures, and enjoyed the region’s picturesque little towns.
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April
A trip to Utrecht and the North Sea. Düsseldorf. Some big news. And the way down south.
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March
One whole month spent in Germany. We lived in 2 different apartments and occasionally in the camper. This post features Remscheid, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, and a little bit in between.
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February
In the shortest month of the year Nicole and I travelled to the UK to spend time with my brother Alex and his partner Sarah in England. They invited us to their newish apartment in Woking near London.
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January
As apparent from the previous entry, the year started on the Spanish island of Mallorca, where my Dad and his wife were in progress of moving to. The second half of the month was spent in the Düsseldorf area again.
2016
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December
In December, we returned to Germany. We spent almost two weeks in the north before driving back home to Düsseldorf. It was the month of seeing friends and family again. And then, the year ended with the start of yet another trip.
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November
The days were getting noticeably shorter (thanks, standard time!) and it was getting ever colder. In fact, November featured an unusually early snowstorm, temporarily burying Stockholm under a thick white cover. This was a unique experience and we enjoyed the remaining two weeks in the city very much.
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October
Driving through northern Finland into Sweden, making our way towards Stockholm. And after a lot of nature and small towns, a big city was a welcome change. Especially such a beautiful one as this.
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September
This was our last month in Norway. From Tromsø we continued to drive north: via a quick detour through Finland, we came through Kautokeino, visited the northern end of Norway, and waved a “Hello” to Russia in Kirkenes before heading back south again.
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August
Still travelling Norway, we visited the famous Geiranger Fjord, did some day-walks, visited Trondheim, crossed the polar circle, spent a lovely week on the Lofoten Islands with Nicole’s brother Erik, before making our way to Tromsø further north.
About
I’m a passionate hobbyist photographer from Düsseldorf, Germany. This website is my visual diary.
Personal and documentary photography is what I learned to appreciate in recent years and that’s what I’m trying to do with my photography as well: to document my own life, that of my family and friends, and sometimes that of strangers as well – which is why this site also features a fair bit of street photography.
A journal like this gives me a reason to regularly edit the photos I make and it holds me accountable – even if only to myself – to deliver new posts each month. Without sharing, I often don’t bother with any of this – at least not as regularly.
While this site is primarily a personal project, I do put effort into making the posts interesting to others, too. So I hope you enjoy!