mille miglia

20240710

Thousand miles through northern Italy, a round trip from Brescia down to Rome and back up to Brescia again. Vintage cars, old towns and cities, curvy roads and a lot of history. That's Mille Miglia.

In a way I like cars. Cars are wonderful design objects telling a lot about the history and the paradigms of a certain period of time. On the other hand I don't exactly love cars like others do. To me cars are often noisy, too big and too fast for densely populated environments. But certainly I agree, cars are not only convenient, they are defining objects of our time. Still. So it's hard to not like cars. read more…

painting with light

20240419

There's only so much you can do. There's only so much you can see or find. There's only so much you can research. Most often things just occur. Without your understanding or your knowledge. The world exists without a greater plan and without a map laying out all the details of life. This play of fully independent but also fully innocent forces can sometimes be intimidating and overwhelming. But isn't it miraculous and wonderful at the very same time? read more…

play

20240402

What would civilization be without play? Would it even exist? Indeed one could argue that play is older than civilization, that it's even older than culture itself. Long before we became settlers and started developing rites and cultures to built up our societies play was already there. Children are playing without ever being taught how to play. Even animals are playing. But why? Why is there a play instinct rooted so deeply inside of our human biology? read more…

turner

20240310

Joseph Mallord William Turner. How grand. How sovereign. I'm deeply impressed and honestly moved. Born 1775 in an age of purest romanticism he started painting like an impressionist. Out of nowhere he was chasing for color, for light and nothing more than that. Objects, people, scenes, historical events quickly became just bystanders for him. At least that's the private Mr. Turner. His public appearance held on to more traditional concepts and approaches for a little longer. Young Turner entered the Royal Academy at the age of only 14. His first paintings were accepted for the Royal Academy summer exhibition only a year later. Even at that young age Joseph Mallord William Turner was already a star, today we would call him a superhero. read more…

swing

20240202

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.

—Jim Richardson

It's not always the case that you have the opportunity to stand in front of interesting things. Sometimes the world around you is just gray and mundane, boring, dull, conventional and without any surprises. The days, the weeks go by without any noticeable differences. You might feel stuck, bored, left behind and unattractive. You have no clue of what you are doing or what you are supposed to do. Having a look at your social media feeds just worsens the situation. Out there everything feels polished, unreachable, far away, exciting, dramatic and simply perfect. read more…