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14:00: Eating my lunch as the sun goes down.

Weihnachtsmärkte

First Glühwein of the season last night at Berlin’s WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt Christmas market.

Final Autumn Days

The final days of Autumn in Berlin.

 

The temperature seems stuck on 0°. Typical minimal Berlin. I want snow!

Peru

A selection of photos from my travels through Peru in Sep/Oct 2011. These pics were taken in Puno, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, the Amazon Jungle, the Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Nazca, Pisco and Lima.


Rising as the sun sets.

Nowkoelln Flowmarkt

An Autumn Sunday of Tiny Art, vintage clothes, bad coffee, too many pastries, cute kids, great friends and cheap beers at Nowkoelln Flowmarkt, Berlin.

Back in the office after a great weekend.

Thanks to all the wonderful Berliners, young and old, who called by our Tiny Art stall at Nowkoelln Flowmarkt today. Stay tuned for the next Tiny Art installment! Click here for pictures of the Flowmarkt.

Autumn in Kreuzberg

A quiet Autumn afternoon of coffees, markets and sneaky beers with good friends for my first weekend back in Berlin after a big summer in NYC.


 Sick in bed and feeling sorry for myself. At least the view from my window could be worse.

Coney Island

A day trip to the magical yet eerie Coney Island, NYC, August 2011.

Bolivia

Here’s the Bolivia gallery from my South America trip in September 2011. These images are from Uyuni, Potosí and La Paz.

Chile

In September 2011 I travelled for 5 weeks through Chile, Bolivia and Peru. This is the first gallery from the trip with images from Chile – Santiago, La Serena and San Pedro de Atacama.

Denmark

One of those summer holidays you will never forget. Copenhagen, Freetown Christiania and Roskilde Festival, 2010.

U Hermannplatz

Hermannplatz definitely has a seedy side, with homeless folk, junkies and dealers lurking in dark corners, but there’s a beauty to the constant movement and colour of this U Bahn station that I’ve come to love.

Stroke Art Fair

Getting inspired at Stroke Art Fair, Postbahnhof with my newest Kreuzberg neighbour, the lovely Em. Scheming up ideas for new art spaces, projects and exhibitions for Winter 2011/2012.

May Day

May Day, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 2010.

Every year Oranienstrasse comes alive with the May Day protest march and street fair. Things get ugly after dark with riots, burning cars and tear gas, but during the day it’s a family-friendly festival.

Teufelsberg

A day trip to Teufelsberg (Devil’s Mountain), Berlin, 2010. This place has quite a history – an artificial hill with a Nazi military-technical college buried underneath, a former ski resort and a US National Security Agency spy tower. Read more about it here.

PEXXX Festival

The Philadelphia Experiment (PEX Summer Festival) in Maryland, USA was quite a unique festival experience to say the least. One of the absolute highlights of my Summer of 2011.

Bonnie Scotland

A selection of my favourite photos from our time living in the beautiful city of Edinburgh in 2008 and 2009, as well as a few from our travels through the Scottish Highlands.

Moroccan Dream

A selection of photos from my trip to Morocco in May 2010. The images were taken in Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fes, Merzouga, Marrakech and the Sahara desert… on a camel.

Beelitz

Photos from the deserted (and very spooky) Beelitz-Heilstätten Sanatorium on the outskirts of Berlin, 2010.

“The complex from the beginning of World War I on was a military hospital of the Imperial German Army. In 1916 Hitler recuperated here after being wounded at the Battle of the Somme. In 1945 the site was occupied by Soviet forces and remained a military hospital until 1995. Following the Soviet withdrawal, some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000.” – Wikipedia

Potsdam

A Sunday stroll through Potsdam, May 2010.