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Swallowed by Yellow
01  ·  6. April 2026

Swallowed by Yellow

She stands still. The painting does not. A thousand yellow dots pulse and breathe behind her — Yayoi Kusama's obsessive universe expanding in every direction, indifferent to scale, indifferent to the viewer, yet utterly consuming her. The woman in black becomes a shadow, a comma in the middle of a sentence that never ends. This is what it feels like to stand before Kusama's work: you think you're observing it, and then — quietly, without asking — it observes you back. The dots don't care that you're wearing grey jeans and carrying a nice bag. The dots simply are. Infinite, relentless, gloriously yellow. Monochrome meets chromatic madness. The human figure, stripped of color, becomes almost incidental — a scale reference in a world where scale no longer matters. She came to see the art. The art made her part of itself.

Who's Photographing Whom?
02  ·  13. Oktober 2025

Who's Photographing Whom?

Welcome to Venice, where the main attraction isn't the 500-year-old architecture — it's watching tourists photograph other tourists photographing tourists. Up on the bridge: a firing squad of smartphones and cameras, all aimed at the gondolas below like they've just spotted a rare species in the wild. Down in the gondolas: passengers craning their necks upward, returning fire with their own cameras. And then there's me, photographing the entire circus, which means someone behind me is probably photographing me photographing them photographing each other. It's like a Russian nesting doll of tourism, except everyone's holding an iPhone. Venice: Come for the canals, stay for the existential crisis about whether you're experiencing the moment or just documenting other people failing to experience it.

Solitary Passage
03  ·  12. Oktober 2025

Solitary Passage

A gondolier navigates the quiet waters beneath Venice's iconic Bridge of Sighs, where centuries of history hang suspended between light and shadow. The ornate Baroque bridge, connecting the Doge's Palace to the ancient prisons, frames a scene of timeless solitude. In this moment, captured in monochrome, the interplay of light dancing across the canal's surface contrasts with the deep shadows that envelop the narrow waterway. The lone gondolier becomes a silent protagonist in Venice's eternal narrative — a city where water and stone have conspired for over a millennium to create passages both physical and metaphorical. The black and white treatment strips away the distraction of color, revealing the architectural drama and geometric patterns that define this floating city.

Golden Hour over the Venetian Lagoon
04  ·  12. Oktober 2025

Golden Hour over the Venetian Lagoon

The sun descends toward the horizon, casting a warm amber glow across the rippling waters of the Venetian Lagoon. The iconic skyline of Venice stretches across the frame, with the distinctive dome of Santa Maria della Salute and the soaring Campanile di San Marco punctuating the silhouette. The sky transitions from deep golden hues near the sun to soft pinks and purples above, while dramatic clouds catch and scatter the fading light. The water reflects this spectacular display, its gentle waves creating a shimmering path of gold that leads the eye toward the historic cityscape. This tranquil moment captures Venice at its most magical — when the dying light transforms the floating city into a dreamlike vision of Renaissance grandeur meeting natural beauty. The panorama was combined out of several independent shots with PTGUI.

Where Shadows Lead Toward the Light
05  ·  12. Oktober 2025

Where Shadows Lead Toward the Light

Venice reveals itself in passages like this — narrow sotoporteghi that swallow the daylight, only to release you into sudden warmth at a bridge. Here at Ponte del Forner, the city's ancient geometry frames a fleeting moment: a traveler pauses at the top of worn stone steps, capturing her own fragment of the golden hour. This is the Venice I love — not the grand piazzas, but the quiet in-between spaces where light and shadow play their eternal game.

Crossing Paths in the City
06  ·  8. September 2025

Crossing Paths in the City

A candid moment of urban life captured in black and white — a cyclist and pedestrian cross paths in the city, each following their own route through the geometric landscape of bike lanes, modern architecture, and street furniture. The interplay of movement, shadow, and urban infrastructure tells the story of daily life in motion.

Solitude
07  ·  8. September 2025

Solitude

A moment of quiet solitude on Zurich's Sechseläutenplatz. A single figure sits peacefully among an expanse of empty metal chairs scattered across the plaza's stone paving, embodying the gentle melancholy of being alone in a public space. The repetition of vacant seating creates a visual meditation on solitude — each empty chair representing the space between connection and isolation that defines urban life.

The Flying Broom Was Out of Order
08  ·  8. September 2025

The Flying Broom Was Out of Order

Street photography capturing a cyclist transporting a traditional broom across tram lines. The yellow crossing stripes create a striking visual path through this slice of urban life, where artisan goods meet modern transit.

Into Another Reality
09  ·  8. September 2025

Into Another Reality

A moment of urban solitude captured in infrared, where contemporary architecture meets an alternate dimension. The distinctive curved glass facade creates a surreal backdrop, its turquoise reflections contrasting beautifully with the vibrant magenta foliage that only infrared photography can reveal. There's something about this architectural marvel that feels almost otherworldly — the way the glass bends and reflects the sky, the bold geometric lines, the solitary figure walking through this transformed cityscape. Shooting in infrared turns the familiar into something completely unexpected, revealing a London that exists just beyond our normal perception.

Flowing Through Tomorrow
10  ·  8. September 2025

Flowing Through Tomorrow

A moment suspended between motion and stillness — where artificial waterfalls meet urban rhythms. In this modern transit space, light dances through cascading water while life flows past in streaks of color and time. The future feels tangible here, illuminated in blue and gold.