nur ein bild: Caféblick auf Vietnam

Caféblick auf Vietnam

2024

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Es war der letzte Morgen unseres Abstechers nach Zentralvietnam bevor es am gleichen Tag wieder zurück in den Norden ging.

Eine Sache, die ich dieses Mal mehr genoss als bei den Besuchen in früheren Jahren, war die vietnamesische Kaffeekultur. Auch wenn ich im Alltag keine Kaffeetrinkerin bin, so kann ich hin und wieder einen Kaffee genießen. Und eine Tasse Kaffee schmeckt einfach ein Stückchen besser, wenn man in einem Café sitzt.

So gingen meine Eltern und ich in dieses Café, eines von einigen in der Gegend. Ich stellte ihnen meine neue vietnamesische Lieblingskaffeevariation vor – den bạc xỉu. Ein Kaffee aus drei Zutaten: gesüßte Kondensmilch, Milch (aufgeschäumt oder auch nicht) und Kaffee (natürlich). Sie hatten noch nie was davon gehört, was mich ein wenig überraschte. Sie probierten ihn und befanden ihn für gut. Zufrieden genoss jeder die eigene Tasse Kaffee, mit Blick auf eine ganz normale vietnamesische Straße.


Kamera + Objektiv: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.7
Film: Kodak Portra 400
Development + scan: fotobrell

just one picture & how it was created: The ivy coat of the house

The ivy coat of the house

2024

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Frankfurt. Starting from the grounds of the Japanese film festival, I was on the way to a restaurant. "Walk instead of taking the metro", I say to myself. I don't know my way around Frankfurt. On good days, all the more reason to walk. On bad days, absolutely the opposite and I would definitely take the metro. So it was a good day.

Not far from the grounds and I am captivated by the sight of this house. This house with its turret wears a beautiful coat of ivy. I position myself on a street corner, exactly where I end up taking this photo. I work on the exposure settings. Through the viewfinder, I see the top window of the turret, covered in ivy, opening. An older man, well-dressed, shows himself and looks out. He looks in my direction and waves. I turn round to the back to see who might be standing behind me and would wave back. To my astonishment, or perhaps shock, I don't see anyone there. He's waving at me. Hicks.

He looks friendly but I'm still embarrassed and feel like I've been caught out. I finally wave back and he stands there for a while. I wonder if he wants me to take a photo of him. He gets lost in this big house and the photo, and I don't really like taking photos of strangers anyways. I wait in a very obvious manner and don't take a photo.

He goes back from the window and closes it. Everything is as before. And I take my photo. With this memory between the grains of film.


Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4
Film: Agfaphoto APX100
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB

Tschüssikowski 2024 and Hallu 2025!

In November, I asked myself whether I should do anything for the end of the year. A recap of the year? Although I love recaps, I don't yet know to what extent I will look back on my 2024 on the blog. The last blog birthday wasn't that long ago and as it covered quite a lot of the year, there's the possibility that I'd repeat myself. But I do have one or another vague idea for a recap. But this will happen earliest in January. We'll see.

Before I say goodbye to the soon-to-be old year and welcome the soon-to-be new year, a thought popped up in my head: a thanks to Kato from kommunikato. She and her project heul nicht, mach doch! and/or her newsletter made me wanting to reach the 100. 100 blog posts. And only after that figure, I could give up in case it wouldn't work out. I thought of this again the other day when I heard about consistency in a photography podcast. I cracked 100 this year and here I am - this is post 141. Pretty proud and happy with my blog in 2024 ✨ I liked this thought for the end of the year and and this needed to be said.

Now and finally: Tschüssikowski 2024 and Hallu 2025! I wish you a smooth start to the new year! 🎇


Camera + lens: Minolta Dynax 7000i + Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.4
Film: CatLABS X FILM 320
Development + scan: fotobrell