Posts from the ‘Culture’ category
“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.
After the fall of the Wall in November 1989, voices grew louder for quick reunification, for both capital city and country. In under one year, not only did the two Berlins become one, the former West and East Germany nations reunited to form a single Germany, made official in a grand ceremony on 3 October 1990. Annually, the federal government of Germany observes October 3 as Tag der deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity) and as gesetzlicher Feiertag (federal statutory holiday).
Shown here is the 1999 artwork “Schwarz, Rot, Gold” (Black, Red, Gold) by German artist Gerhard Richter, on display within the exhibition “Gerhard Richter: 100 Works for Berlin” at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Consisting of synthetic resin paint on glass, this smaller version of Richter’s original art piece refers to the much larger version he created for the entrance hall of the German Reichstag building to indicate at the time new beginnings for both Germany and its Bundestag federal parliament.
I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 22 May 2025 with the following settings: 1/60-sec, f/4, ISO2000, 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-whL.
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It’s overcast with light “mizzle” (mist-drizzle), but the winds are relatively light and the water chop reasonable. Not only are these are the waters of the North Sea just off Helgoland island, but this is also the Helgoländer Felssockel marine nature reserve, designated and established in 1981. The reserve does not include Helgoland nor the Düne islet. In the background at centre are the two tall remaining rock formations: “Kurze Anna” (Little Anna) and “Lange Anna” (Tall Anna).
I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 25 May 2024 with the following settings: 1/500-sec, f/11, ISO1000, 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-w95.
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It’s bird season! But this is definitely not hunting with guns, but rather, a photographic hunt of the wild mass of noisy smelly birds. Pictured here is a small sampling of thousands of northern gannets nesting on their little mounds, each with at least an egg, hatchling, or in this case, a chick as indicated by an arrow.
I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 24 May 2024 with the following settings: 1/500-sec, f/13, ISO1000, 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-w8R.
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Formerly used as fisherman and lobster shacks, the brightly coloured huts which greet ferry passengers upon arrival are used as galleries, little cafes and restaurants, and community space. The little houses are a fine sight in the early-summer morning sun.
I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 24 May 2024 with the following settings: 1/1000-sec, f/13, ISO1000, 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-sq6.
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Polaroid by Helmut Newton, for American Vogue, Monaco, 1979.
Newton made many small Polaroid images throughout his renowned career as a way to test or experiment with ideas, because all he had at the time were film-cameras. In other words, he could afford to “waste” Polaroids, but not his “work film”. Yes, I know: I made a photograph of a Polaroid made to print and set on display in a museum in Berlin. But there’s something subversive about this digital version existing somewhere in the aether, an image which many will look and pass by, in a similar manner unknowing to them of having seen a physical print somewhere in a museum or gallery.
I made the image above on 25 May 2025 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime and these settings: 1/60-sec, f/4, ISO3200, and 18.5/28mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-vHs.
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