Israel/Palestine: Jericho, Westbank.

After a few days strolling through Tel Aviv and gaining weight due to delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners, I decided to check out some of the rest of the country.   I took a bus from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and from there, I tried to figure out how to get to Jericho. The lady at the bus station looked at me as if I was completely crazy, stating she had no idea how to get there or where it even was.   Somehow I figured out I had to go from Damascus Gate (where, again, I had to ask …

Macedonia.

So after having found out that >>my life would change by 360°<< within the next few months, my stay in Macedonia happened to be a bit different from what I had initially planned. Luckily I have the best and caring friends in the world there, so I got pampered from head to toe.   We went on road trips, spent most of the time eating, singing or talking and for the first time on a trip I’ve made, photography was pretty much not the main thing to worry about. Besides the stressful journey back via Istanbul with a few hours …

Nepal: Kumbeshwar Technical School.

I only have five more minutes before power back-up is gone, I just wanted to share what I’m doing these days: I am photographing Kumbeshwar Technical School! Good Night from Kathmandu.   All photos: Carolin Weinkopf [Photography] [Fair Trade] [Nepal]

Boutique Barbara.

This weekend I went on a trip to Heidelberg. Besides a bit of sightseeing, tons of good food, lots of beer and wine I had the exceptional pleasure to visit this magnificent “young lady” (soon to be 94!) in her apartment for 60 years on saturday and sunday.   Barbara studied art and lived a wild dada-live in 1920’s & 30’s Berlin before she decided to move down south, raise a family and later open up Heidelberg’s hot spot to shop and gossip: “Boutique Barbara”. Though the shop closed down in the 1980’s and Barbara got retired, she is still …

Michael Triegel.

In january, the director of the Macedonia documentary movie and I took the train through snowy landscapes to lovely Leipzig and actually got there about two hours late. Arriving in an industrial brick stone area covered in icicles, we were picked up by Michael Triegel and kindly welcomed in his warm and cozy loft studio.   I’m usually not into paintings, neither the old master’s way nor religious topics. But Michael Triegel’s works are truly impressive and seem to glow from inside. He clearly is a master of his craft and all of his paintings seem to have somewhat of …