“Science is an integral part of culture. It’s not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It’s one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.” – S.J. Gould.
• “Daphne and Apollo”, by Francisco Bosoletti 🇦🇷 & Young Jarus 🇨🇦.
• Commissioned by Urban Berlin for the “One Wall” project in 2018.
• The mural appears on the south wall of an apartment building in Kreuzberg (Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg), facing Gitschiner Strasse and the Berliner U-Bahn Stammstrecke.
• Characters from “Metamorphoses” by Roman poet and writer Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), written in Latin and published about 8 CE.
Part 1: original photo, corrected for geometric distortion.
Part 2: corrected photo, then converted to monochrome.
Part 3: black- and white-points reversed in monochrome image.
I made original images above on 7 Jun 2026 with an iPhone15; I edited images with Polarr Pro and Preview. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-z1A.
Breslauer Platz: Dom, Hauptbahnhof. Köln, 27 July 2026.
“Just when I think I’m out, Vancouver pulls me back.” Museum Ludwig Köln, 27 July 2026.
Köln Neumarkt, 28 July 2026.
A personal favourite: the home of 1. FC Köln, 28 July 2026.
Greeted by Gagarin at the ESA Astronaut Centre, Köln-Wahn, 29 July 2026.
“Where are you taking us? 1940/41” Köln Deutz, 30 July 2026.
“Der Schwebende” (floating angel), by Ernst Barlach (1927), with the face of friend and fellow artist Käthe Kollwitz. Köln AntoniterCityChurch, 31 July 2026.
“Der Himmelsleiter” / stairway to heaven, by Billi Thanner (2025). Opposite the landmark cathedral in Köln, 31 July 2026.
Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, 1 August 2026.
Saint Justin’s Church: completed 9th-century CE and oldest known building in the city. Frankfurt am Main, 1 August 2026.
“Synergie”, by Christian Herdeg (1997). Frankfurt am Main, 2 August 2026.
See you again next summer! Flughafen FRA, 3 August 2026.
Southbound on Semmeringbahn train route: Schwarzaviadukt, facing northwest. Payerbach, 20 July 2026.
Murinsel (island on the river Mur). Graz, 20 July 2026.
Kunsthaus Graz, 21 July 2026.
The Old Town is a part of the inscription for the city’s UNESCO World Heritage Site. Graz, 22 July 2026.
Graz, 22 July 2026.
Graz, 22 July 2026.
Modern man, Mr. N for his time, and Mr. N for this time. Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, 24 July 2026.
Hafentempel (harbour temple), LVR Archeological Park Xanten, 25 July 2026. Note people at lower-right.
Klever Tor (Cleve Gate), which Canadian forces saw as they entered town from the west, 8-11 March 1945. Xanten, 25 July 2026.
“Café Müller” mural by Case Maclaim (2024), representing dance piece with the same title by renowned dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch. Wuppertal, 26 July 2026.
21-seconds: the city’s Schwebebahn (suspension railway) celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. Wuppertal Völklinger Straße, 26 July 2026.
“Zeichen Symbol Zitat”, Martin Kohlbauer (1998): 4 tall white pillars represent the former Leopoldstadt Temple’s original height and testimony of its subsequent destruction in the 1938 Pogrom. Vienna, 6 July 2026.
Mammatus in the sky over Volksgarten. Vienna, 7 July 2026.
Vienna MuseumsQuartier, 7 July 2026.
Vienna Hauptbahnhof, 9 July 2026.
Beethoven’s summer residence 1818 and 1819, in the Hafnerhaus. Mödling, 9 July 2026.
Hundertwasser redesign of the city’s waste incinerator in Vienna Spittelau, 10 July 2026.
U4 Karlsplatz. Vienna, 10 July 2026.
U4 Heiligenstadt. Vienna, 11 July 2026.
On 3 June 1924, Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis, here in the former Hoffmann sanitorium. Kierling, 11 July 2026.
Vienna Albertina, 12 July 2026.
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) on Köstlergasse. Vienna, 12 July 2026.