23 for 23: Foto(ein)s in 2023
Above/featured: Vienna’s green vineyards on Nussberg, with Kahlenberg at centre in the background. Photo, 14 Jun 2023.
A year in review typically provides coverage spanning a period of six months or more; the period doesn’t even have to be a continuous stretch. But in this case, my highlights come solely from a period of six weeks in May and June. All else pales by comparison.
All of the images presented below have been corrected for geometric distortion and rotation, with further adjustments to image-crop, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, clarity, sharpness, vibrance, saturation, and colour levels. These images are as always best viewed on screens larger than a miniscule mobile.
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- May 11: Frankfurt Airport, The Squaire
- May 11: Frankfurt Airport, departures hall A
- May 14: Vienna Oberes Belvedere, “Character heads”
- May 20: Vienna Spittelau, “beast mode”
- May 21: Vienna Westbahnhof, “Interchange”
- May 23: Vienna Margareten, “The 3 stages of life”
- May 24: Vienna Josefstadt: “Groovy Eis”
- May 24: Vienna Josefstadt: “Nature is cool”
- May 25: Vienna Praterstern, “Who’s ready for S7”
- May 27: Vienna Brigittenau, “farbig fabric”
- May 30: Vienna Brigittenau, “lions over the weir”
- May 30: Vienna Döbling, “Never turn your back on me”
- Jun 01: Vienna Hauptbücherei, “illumination nach Oben”
- Jun 01: Vienna Mariahilf, “I miss Vienna” from HL
- Jun 03: Vienna Spittelau: “U + 100h2O”
- Jun 08: Vienna Augarten: Flakturm
- Jun 11: Vienna Schwedenplatz: “0747h”
- Jun 12: Vienna Würstelprater: “lights / Be Kind”
- Jun 13: Vienna neon: Café Prückel
- Jun 16: Köln Neumarkt, “Dropped Cone”
- Jun 17: Frankfurt am Main, “Main-hattan”
- Jun 18: Frankfurt am Main, Oberräder Kräuterfelder
- Jun 19: Frankfurt am Main, Hauptbahnhof
(1) ➙ May 11, FRA The Squaire
Frankfurt Airport, The Squaire
The Squaire, Frankfurt am Main Airport. Photo, 11 May 2023
(2) ➙ May 11, FRA departures
Frankfurt Airport departures hall (Abflughalle) A,Z
Departures hall A, Frankfurt am Main airport. Photo, 11 May 2023.
(3) ➙ May 14, Vienna Oberes Belvedere
“Character heads”
Character-head sculptures by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (c. 1770), in Vienna’s Upper Belvedere. Photo, 14 May 2023.
(4) ➙ May 20, Vienna Spittelau
Stadtbahnbögen Spittelau
Works of street art at left and centre, respectively: “Vienna Therapy” (2016) by nychos, and “Beast Mode” (2019) by Case Maclaim. Photo at Spittelauer Lände, 20 May 2023.
(5) ➙ May 21, Vienna Westbahnhof
“Interchange”
“Interchange”, at Wien Westbahnhof. Photo, 21 May 2023.
(6) ➙ May 23, Vienna Margareten
“The 3 stages of life.”
“The 3 stages of life”, at Vienna’s Margarete-Schütte-Lihotzky Park. Photo, 23 May 2023.
(7) ➙ May 24, Vienna Josefstadt
“Groovy Eis” (Lerchenfelder Strasse)
“Groovy Eis”, on Lerchenfelder Strasse in Vienna. Photo, 24 May 2023.
(8) ➙ May 24, Vienna Josefstadt
“Nature is cool.” (Bonjour – Servus – Grias eich)
As part of Vienna’s program of street art in the city, at left is a sculpture by Hofstetter Kurt, “N.I.C. – Nature Is Cool“, installed at this location in 2009. Photo, 24 May 2023.
(9) ➙ May 25, Vienna Praterstern
“Who’s ready for S7?”
Vienna Praterstern station, 25 May 2023.
(10) ➙ May 27, Vienna Brigittenau
“farbig fabric”
Flowing ‘farbig’ (colourful) fabric, near Wallensteinplatz in Vienna Brigittenau. Photo, 27 May 2023.
(11) ➙ May 30, Vienna Brigittenau
“Lions over the weir”
Lions on top of Schemerlbrücke and over Nussdorf Weir. Photo, 30 May 2023.
(12) ➙ May 30, Vienna Döbling
“Never turn your back on me”
Tram stop “Nussdorf S”, across the street from Nussdorf station. Photo, 30 May 2023.
(13) ➙ June 1, Vienna Bücherei
“Illumination nach Oben”
Central branch of Vienna city library, next to stop for trams 6 and 18. Trains for the city’s U-Bahn line U6 run underneath this structure. Photo, 1 Jun 2023.
(14) ➙ June 1, Vienna Mariahilf
“I miss Vienna” (from HL)
Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna: MAHÜ 10–18 development project. Photo, 1 Jun 2023.
(15) ➙ June 3, Vienna Spittelau
“U + 100h2O”
Spittelau station and Wien Energie’s municipal waste-incineration plant designed by Vienna’s own Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Photo, 3 Jun 2023.
(16) ➙ June 8, Vienna Augarten
Flakturm
Leitturm, Flakturmpaar VII (Control tower, flak tower series 7), in Vienna’s Augarten. Photo with the Fujifilm Monochrome Red recipe, 8 Jun 2023.
(17) ➙ June 11, Vienna Innere Stadt
“Schwedenplatz, 0747h”
747am Sunday morning in Vienna. Photo, 11 Jun 2023.
(18) ➙ June 12, Vienna Würstelprater
“Lights (be kind)”
The Rondeau, in Vienna’s Würstelparter; “be kind” is associated with business hotel Zoku Vienna. Photo, 12 Jun 2023.
(19) ➙ June 13, Vienna neon
Café Prückel
I love the cursive sweep in the neon sign, as well as the stylized umlaut for the “ü”. Photo, 13 Jun 2023.
(20) ➙ June 16, Köln Neumarkt
“Dropped Cone”: Coosje van Bruggen & Claes Oldenburg (2001)
Mirroring the shape of the city’s famous cathedral, the roof sculpture can be interpreted as referring the Neumarkt-Galerie shopping mall as an example of yet another “cathedral to consumerism.” Photo, 16 Jun 2023.
(21) ➙ June 17, Frankfurt am Main
“Main-hattan”
Downtown Frankfurt skyline intentionally out of focus, in this dreamy dusk setting from the city’s Alte Brücke (Old Bridge). Photo, 17 Jun 2023.
(22) ➙ June 18, Frankfurt am Main
Oberräder Kräuterfelder
Oberrad’s herb fields. Only 20 minutes from the city’s central station is the neighbourhood of Frankfurt-Oberrad, where swaths of agricultural land lie next to the river Main. Some of these fields are responsible for the 7 green herbs used in the local specialty “Grüne Soße”. Amid the greenery are splashes of red from wild poppies, swaying in front of the Main-hattan skyline. Photo, 18 Jun 2023.
(23) ➙ June 19, Frankfurt am Main
“Fries Before Guys”
Hustle and bustle, morning commute inside Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (central station). Photo, 19 Jun 2023.
2012–2022
• 22 for 22, from 2022.
• 21 for 21, from 2021.
• 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. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-pWF.
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7 Responses to “23 for 23: Foto(ein)s in 2023”
Oh these are wonderful! Do you like the work of Jeff Wall? Happy New Year!
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Hello and thanks, WOB: happy new year to you and your family!
First, I think you’ll like this story. Yes, I know his work! I first discovered Jeff Wall’s work at an exhibition in Australia at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art: the physicality of the light-boxes, the size of the images, and the challenging and provocative themes in his picture-making all combined to fire something in my brain. That “something” was undefinable and wordless, but an idea that I really liked formed and sparked into life. The comedic irony is that I, born and raised in Vancouver, discovered the work of Jeff Wall, born and raised in Vancouver, halfway around the planet: a funny but timely joke on me.
Second, if there’s any resemblance to his work, then I’m guessing it’s great that my subconscious side is working well at the conscious level. My photo process goes: hey, this scene in front of me is interesting; some elements are coming together at this junction in my mind’s eye (“frame”) in what my guess is some x-seconds from now. Sometimes, this haphazard process works, and a lot of times it doesn’t. But I think that’s why a lot of photographers whom I admire all say: read books to improve word-vocabulary; look at lots of art (photo-books and big images in galleries) to improve visual literacy. Our city library has tons of photo-books, including many Jeff Wall books which I devoured after I returned home to take care of my aging parents.
Thank you again, for your time and your kind comment!
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Of course, that’s how it always works—we have to go somewhere else to discover where we’re from.
I worked at a contemporary art museum for 25 years and we often exhibited Jeff Wall. I like the theatricality in his work, which is highly composed.
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Great photos! Makes me want to pack my bag and head out. Love the ice cream cone at the roofline!! Happy travels to you in 2024!
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Thanks, Valerie: have a great year out and about on travel!
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