The Matterhorn and Zermatt belong together like skiing and snow. The Matterhorn is Zermatt, Zermatt is the Matterhorn. It’s even part of Zermatt’s public slogan, the byline says just “Matterhorn®”, nothing else but with a trademark sign. While St. Moritz on one end of the famous Glacier Express is the “Top of the World” in the Engadin valley, Zermatt is its counterpart in the canton of Valais on the other end of the alpine railway discovery tour through Switzerland. read more…
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My series of posting a new blog entry every week is a little bit broken this time as I spent some days skiing in Filzmoos in Austria. So I hope you don't mind when this post is online a little bit later than usual. It's sometimes a hard to sit down and take the time to write these posts when you're on the go. read more…
Following one of my earlier posts about the Palmenhaus I want to show you an image that's similar in terms of abstraction. Also this image is about nature as well. I love framing my surroundings in a way that makes it hard to exactly find out what you are actually seeing. And this image is no exception. read more…
I‘ve been visiting the Städel Museum in Frankfurt last week. Currently there‘s a great exhibition about Vincent van Gogh called Making Van Gogh. So it‘s not just the images but also the stories behind the images that make this exhibition so interesting. And I thought that this is an excellent topic for this blog which is precisely about telling the stories behind the images. read more…
This image is one of my favorites of all time. It's very precious for me, it's like something to put in a treasure trove and take it out only for very special occasions. But since I decided not to be so shy and cautious about things living in the internet anymore, and since it's the beginning of a new year with many new resolutions, I'm about to present it to a bigger audience. The image you see has never been edited, it's straight out of camera. read more…