Category: Switzerland
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Taking a break
Taking a break We are here in the Swiss Alps at an altitude of 2000 meters on a trek around the Muverans and I am standing at the exact spot from where I took last week’s picture of landscape with horseman. While that photo clearly was a landscape, I wouldn’t call this one a landscape…
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Landscape with horseman
Landscape with horseman What makes a landscape photograph potentially interesting? I’m not sure if we can speak of a general rule, but by paying extra attention, when composing the photograph, to objects that are not directly related to the landscape itself but are nonetheless part of it, the image can take on additional meaning and…
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Redemption of man
Redemption of man or the cross in the mountains If God is in the details (“Der liebe Gott steckt im Detail”, Aby Warburg), then He is more present in the fly on the cross than in the man nailed to it. In any case, I have always admired the fly resting for a moment on…
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Death anonymous
Death anonymous A graphic photograph of intersecting lines on a white background. Simple and minimalist. What more is there to say? We find ourselves in a small, snow-covered cemetery in the mountains. The wooden cross is extremely simple. The two beams aren’t even aligned on the same plane. The crossbar is simply attached to the…
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White on white
White on white The bathtub in the snow reveals that we are here on a mountain pasture in winter. The cows are in their shed down in the valley. The marmots are hibernating in their holes underground. And the people have closed their summer chalets and have moved to their homes lower down. The virgin…
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