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Mehr Licht!
Tag: Black and white
Flight Risk
The original challenge had been “a coherent mix of toy scales” which inspired me to use the combination of 1/87 scale policemen and a 1/500 scale airplane to create the illusion of space.
Reading this week’s lens-artists challenge – which was to share “images which contain three subjects” – however, I really felt I would like to throw this one into the mix: While there are, strictly speaking, five subjects, the composition seems to suggest there are three elements: basically, two dots (or blobs?) and a line.
Cop Shocks
To be continued… I’ve been posting the previous parts of this story over the last couple of weeks, and there is also a page where you can enjoy the narrative without scrolling backwards.
106 Miles
I’ve been posting the previous parts of this story over the last couple of weeks, and there is also a page where it can be enjoyed without scrolling backwards.
Hit It
After their car broke down, these sprightly gentlemen did not immediately find a replacement they deemed adequate. Now they got a new classic, and are ready for adventure.
I’ve been posting the first part of this story over the last couple of weeks, and there is also a page where it can be enjoyed without scrolling backwards.
Dream Car
Dream Car is the third part of “106 Miles” a graphic short story. To see the previous parts, you’d have to scroll back in the timeline. Additionally, I am compiling the pictures on this page for a more comfortable viewing.
Public Transport
Public Transport is part two of a graphic short story. To see the first part, you’d have to scroll back in the timeline. Additionally, I am compiling the sequence on this page for a more comfortable viewing.
Beyond Repair
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
Pas de deux
The one thing I wanted to make was an icon for a West Coast Swing community. So I tried a couple of variations and found the first picture came closest to a WCS vibe (surprisingly so because the male figure is originally supposed to be a pantomime, and the female was labeled “woman, pointing”). However, I also liked the other couples – dancing or not – so I decided to keep the pictures together as a small series.
Midnight Oil
Gas Station
This may be the most sophisticated scale model I made to date.
It is based on photographs of a historic gas station in Chemnitz, Germany; it is my first build featuring this type of corner windows; and it is my first building with curved elements.
It’s also the first time I decided on a white façade because I imagined I would use the model in a high key photo, having the window frames pop out. However, since all my buildings come with built-in lighting lately, the structure also lends itself to night shots.
Sice these photos heavily rely on the use of shadow, this is my entry for this week’s lens-artists photo challenge.
Continue reading “Gas Station”Untitled, 2026
Just Another Rear Window
Just a Moment
When, a while ago, the lens artists challenged us to share quiet moments, instead of going through my beach and museum and travel photos, I wondered if, and how, I could show my quiet moments en miniature. Pondering several possibilities, I realized that reading almost always gives me some quiet – and that I can experience this quietness everywhere and anytime.
Today I would like to share a couple of pictures which surprisingly turned into a short story.
Dear Readers
„Wir lesen, weil wir so tausend Leben führen können, ohne mehr als einen Tod sterben zu müssen.“ Denis Scheck
(We read so we can live a thousand lives without having to die more than one death.)
Manhattan Transfer
When I saw the lens-artists challenge Quiet Moment, this was the first picture that came to mind – it obviously took a while to make it, and a whole series with readers in different moments along with it. This week’s challenge seems a great starting point for sharing: Who says you can’t have a quiet moment when you’re On the Move?
Franklin Bridge, Düsseldorf
Architectures
When I read the Lens-Artists Challenge No. 366, I immeditately thought of these photos. I had originally prepared separate posts for the modern high rise (a groundbreaking modernist building in Düsseldorf from the 1950ies) and the more traditional buildings just behind the port of Camaret-sur-Mer.
Thinking about this week’s challenge a bit longer, I suspect these pictures highlight my own bias rather than the actual contrast between city and country. But I still find the juxtaposition more exciting than presenting the two places in separate posts.
Sports? Games?
This week, the Lens-Artists Challenge certainly called for a re-post of one of my favorite photos: A competitive game and a companionable occasion.
Dancing never feels like workout. However, at the end of a session, you might have practiced coordination, balance, musicality – and even find yourself out of breath. Plus, you’ll have flexed your social muscle.
A good start to a good swim. Of these three pictures, this is the only one that’s new – one I always meant to make but did not get around to till today. So, thanks for the challenge!
empire of lights 