A tribute to Bernd (1931-2007) and Hilla Becher (1934–2015) who are among the strongest influencers of my photographic life. – Bernd (1931-2007) und Hilla Becher (1934–2015) gewidmet, deren Werk sicher zu den stärksten Einflüssen meiner Fotografie gehört.  

A week ago I started the 4th workshop on urban photography at the adult education center in Bonn. The weather on Saturday as a bit of a challenge, not unusual for April. Anyway we found a lot of nice spots around the brutal architecture of the city hall buliding. Enjoy some of the highlights!   Vor einer Woche fand mein Workshop „StattAnsichten“ an der VHS Bonn schon zum vierten Mal statt. Das Wetter war apriltypisch „abwechslungsreich“, aber rund um das, nun ja, umstrittene Stadthaus Bonn haben wir wieder einige spannende Motive entdeckt. Viel Spaß!      

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These are some impressions from a day in Bologna, a history-packed city and home of the oldest university in the world.

On the second day of my photography workshop we started another team approach, named the „Pink Umbrella Challenge“. The main subject was – you name it – a pink umbrella. We swarmed out to the city in teams of two or three, each group equipped with an umbrella, some cameras and a lot of creativity.

As last year the first expedition of my VHS workshop on urban photography led us to the Bonn city hall, a block of concrete and glas build in the late 70s. It dominates the Bonn skyline in a rather bulky way and is usually referred to as „hässlich“ (which simply translates into ugly). Anyway it was a perfect start for the weekend and the variety of images the participants of the workshop delivered still amazes me. So here is a first collection. Thanks to all who made this weekend a creative explosion!

The workshop in September is some weeks ago and the next one is already in planning (May 9 & 10). One of the challenges on the second day was to look for artwork in the city and find unusual perspectives. Here are some of the great results.