urban space – Page 46

Urban Art Biennale, Völklingen world heritage site

(ISO 100, f8 @ 82mm, 1/5sec., 12:23) Apart from exhibitions about the history and the technical details of iron production there is also room for modern art in the vast space of the Völklingen Ironworks. Sebastião Salgado, EVOL, Shepard Fairey and Bill Viola are only a few of the many artists who have been shown here. The exhibition area is both open (on top) and closed (massive walls) at the…

Mannheim, Rhine harbour

(ISO 100, f5.6 @ 35mm, 30sec., 21:26) There was some heavy wind that night under the Kurt-Schumacher-Bridge. In listening distance a young lady was shouting in her mobile phone. Even louder than the noise coming down from the cars and lorries above. Shortly after I captured this image it started to rain, she closed her car door and I moved on to another location.

In case of emergency

(ISO 100, f6.3 @ 35mm, 10sec., 00:01) This is the entrance to the Max Planck Institute for human development in Berlin-Steglitz.

Berlin Friedrichshain

(ISO 100, f8 @ 35mm, 61sec., 21:32) Friedrichshain is an old working-class district of Berlin and close to the center. Since a few years it transformed into a trendy place for young people and investors alike. The church tower you see belongs to the “Auferstehungskirche” which you can also rent for an event. In that case the altar can be sunk into the ground – with the push of a…

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