21 for 21: Foto(ein)s for 2021
Above/featured: U2 train departing Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten station – 28 November 2021.
I look back at an eventful 2021 year with 21 images with personal questions about how impending- and actual-loss affect how life proceeds beyond death, and how feelings of real belonging are different from feelings of a proper home.
21 for 21
- January 15: new year handoff
- February 23: long cold winter
- March 22: spring into content
- April 15: East Georgia
- May 1: May day
- May 29: šxʷƛ̓ənəq / Xwtl’e7énḵ
- June 8: šxʷƛ̓exən / Xwtl’a7shn
- June 16: Stitsma
- July 2: q̓əmq̓ə́mələɬp / Ḵ’emḵ’emel̓áy̓
- July 10: səl̓ilw̓ət
- July 14: summer morning
- July 20: colour and shape
- August 24: u can’t c me
- September 2: old bridge
- October 4: Parkland
- October 14: heart-shaped blur
- November 21: fear
- November 22: photo booth
- November 22: Zoologisch
- November 25: dem panic queue
- November 27: Ringbahn (circle line)
(1) ➙ January 15: new year handoff
Final light of the day at the Salish Sea (English Bay). English Bay Beach Park, Vancouver, BC – 15 January 2021.
(2) ➙ February 23: long cold winter
I accompanied Mum to the end; she’s with Dad, together again for the rest of time. Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby, BC – 23 February 2021.
(3) ➙ March 22: spring into content
Cherry blossoms, live music, blue skies: the warm feel of revival. MacLean Park, Vancouver, BC – 22 March 2021.
(4) ➙ April 15: East Georgia
Late-afternoon light in Vancouver’s Chinatown – 15 April 2021.
(5) ➙ May 1: May day
Русский зал / Russkiy zal. Vancouver-Strathcona, BC – 1 May 2021.
(6) ➙ May 29: šxʷƛ̓ənəq / Xwtl’e7énḵ
Coast Salish indigenous place names: Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza. Vancouver, BC – 29 May 2021.
(7) ➙ June 8: šxʷƛ̓exən / Xwtl’a7shn
Coast Salish indigenous place names: Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza. Vancouver, BC – 8 June 2021.
(8) ➙ June 16: Stitsma
Coast Salish indigenous place names: Maplewood Flats. North Vancouver, BC – 16 June 2021.
(9) ➙ July 2: Ḵ’emḵ’emel̓áy̓
Coast Salish indigenous place names: former location of Hastings Mill. Vancouver, BC – 2 July 2021.
(10) ➙ July 10: səl̓ilw̓ət
Coast Salish indigenous place names: səl̓ilw̓ət, for Burrard Inlet; from Lions Gate Bridge, north tower, facing southeast. North Vancouver, BC – 10 July 2021.
(11) ➙ July 14: summer morning
On the seawall in Stanley Park, next to the Salish Sea. Vancouver, BC – 730am, 14 July 2021.
(12) ➙ July 20: colour and shape
False Creek ferries, departing Granville Island. Vancouver, BC – 20 July 2021.
(13) ➙ August 24: u can’t c me
Outside Stadium-Chinatown station. Vancouver, BC – 24 August 2021.
(14) ➙ September 2: old bridge
Pattullo Bridge, slated for future demolition and replacement. Between New Westminster and Surrey, BC – 2 September 2021.
(15) ➙ October 4: Parkland
This is Parkland, this is the refinery’s flame stack. Burnaby, BC – 4 October 2021.
(16) ➙ October 14: heart-shaped blur
Glen & Powell, after Greg Girard. Vancouver, BC – 14 October 2021.
(17) ➙ November 21: fear
There used to be a seniors and retirement home here for Berlin’s Jewish community; a cemetery was also located out back. After evicting the home’s residents, the National Socialists cynically converted the building into a staging centre, to which other Jews from around the city were gathered for expulsion to the camps. To commemorate what happened at this location, the 1985 “Jewish Victims of Fascism” memorial sculpture by Will and Mark Lammert consists of 13 bronze female figures of different ages with expressions of fear, hunger, and desperation.
Jewish Sites of Remembrance on Große Hamburger Straße: Berlin, Germany – 21 November 2021.
(18) ➙ November 22: photo booth
After Peter Miller. C/O Berlin, Germany – 22 November 2021.
(19) ➙ November 22: Zoologisch
Zoologischer Garten train station; a.k.a., Zoo Station. Berlin, Germany – 22 November 2021.
(20) ➙ November 25: dem panic queue
Minutes before opening, at department store Kaufhof des Westens (KaDeWe). Berlin, Germany – 25 November 2021.
(21) ➙ November 27: Ringbahn (circle line)
S41/S42 trains run clockwise/counterclockwise around the Ring. Above, an S42 train arrives at Berlin’s Messe Nord/ICC station – 27 November 2021, during my quick jump back home to the capital city.
Previous years
• 20 for 20, from 2020.
• 19 for 19, from 2019.
• 18 for 18, from 2018.
• 17 for 17, from 2017.
• 16 for (20)16, Urban Moments.
• 16 for (20)16, Travel Instants.
• 15 for 15, from 2015.
• 14 for 14, from 2014.
• 12 for 12, from 2012.
I made all images above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime in Vancouver 🇨🇦 and Berlin 🇩🇪. Acknowledgements go to Tina for LAPC no.180 in the week of 1—7 January 2022. This 1000th post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-lOs.
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13 Responses to “21 for 21: Foto(ein)s for 2021”
What a beautiful collection of the year, Henry. Wishing you a creative New Year filled with lots of interesting photo options.
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Happy holidays, Cornelia, and all the best to you and your family in 2022. Thanks for stopping by as always and for your comments.
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Beautifully done Henry – you see things others don’t ever notice. So sorry about your mum. Best to you in 2022
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Thanks, Tina; all the best to you and your family in 2022!
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Great photos. The ‘handoff’, Patullo Bridge, and refinery are my faves. My condolences also. My mother passed away in 2021, VERY advanced age.
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Thanks, John. I’m sorry about your mother. Despite our own “advancement” in age, we’ll always be babies in our parents’ eyes, even at the end when we are their caretakers (“parents” to our parents). All the best to you and your family in 2022.
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Nice album for the year. You did manage to get a bit of travel done
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Thank you for your kind comment and for stopping by. Yes, I managed to squeeze a short trip home to Berlin which did wonders for my mental health. One day, I would like to visit India, and to see a cricket match live and in-person: doesn’t matter if it’s T20, ODI, or Test. All the best to you and your family in 2022.
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Thank you. A happy new year to you too. Seeing a cricket match live is fun, if you like cricket.
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I found the “photo automat” image interesting. Those machines are pretty rare these days.
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Thanks, Eva, for stopping by. There are still a number of “photo automats” around Berlin. They’re a little beat up, but fortunately, they’re not heavily vandalized (as far as I understand). The “photo automat” in my post is usually in the basement of the C/O Berlin gallery, but in the case of this particular photo, artist Peter Miller used the photo-automat for his exhibition on the 2nd-floor. All the best to you and your family in 2022.
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Happy/Healthy 2022 to you and yours!
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