Dear Pentax. (a crisis)

April 2, 2014

Dear Pentax, it’s been a long love story between you and me. You were the first analogue slr camera I picked up as a teenager and actually felt comfortable with. You were with me from the beginning on. With you, I took my first shaky selfies in the bathroom, back in the US during my exchange school year. I love your handling, I love your look and I love the photos you give me, over and over again. We went digital together, after our first analogue baby got stolen in >>Southern France<<. I was always happy with you, …

2013.

December 31, 2012

I’m still home and we’re having high water by the Rhine river. It looks so beautiful that we go on walks a lot, with levels rising and declining, forming new, beautiful landscapes every day. My friends and I decided to stay here for New Year’s, we’re having a simple, delicious dinner with good wine and champagne, with a bit of private fireworks and not much more. What a beautiful end to a silent, slow, yet beautiful year with one big, unquestionable highlight: >>Anton<<. To all of you, have a wonderful start into 2013 tonight and I promise to …

Snow.

December 6, 2012

This morning, we all woke up into this magical light that only appears when it is SNOWING. Mini-me tends to sleep well all night, but when it get’s bright in the morning, he starts to get wriggly. I got up with him and we stood by the window for a long time, me watching his amazed astonishement for all those white glimmering and shimmering snow flakes in the air. His eyes are so wide now, they are soaking up everything around him. We were on the run all day, running errands in the snow, taking pictures like crazy, we …

Bruised.

June 21, 2012

After seeing my midwife yesterday I took a long walk through the Jewish cemetary in Prenzlauer Berg in the rain, breathing in cold, wet air and jumping over puddles. It was so lovely and peaceful, I forgot everything around me, collecting boy’s names from the tombstones (yes, I know I am weird) and searching for snails roused by the weather. When I walked back I got tangled in thoughts and oversaw a barrier on Schönhauser Allee. Before I knew it I lay flat on the street, having hit my thigh, elbow, hand and umbrella. I’m hurt and bruised all …

Still alive, but homeless.

June 11, 2012

I did a fair bit of zick-zacking Germany in the past two weeks, photographing, exploring and also relaxing a bit as mini-me is taking away a good portion of my energy these days, kicking and boxing hard and preventing me from sleeping most of the time. Last night I returned to Berlin after a six-hour train ride and realized in front of my door that I had forgotten my keys at the other end of Germany. My roommate and boyfriend are gone, so I’ll have to be a clochard for a few days in Berlin until my keys arrive …

Arno Fischer.

December 17, 2009

My interview on sunday went quite well and now that I have it on paper, I might as well spread the word: Starting in march 2010, I will be a master student of Arno Fischer at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie und Gestaltung in Berlin. Arno Fischer is one of the greatest photographers of his generation from the former East Berlin. Visit his >>website<<.