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Daphne and Apollo, One Wall 2018, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Berlin: “Daphne & Apollo” mural in Kreuzberg

•   “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.

Daphne and Apollo, One Wall 2018, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Part 1: original photo, corrected for geometric distortion.

Daphne and Apollo, One Wall 2018, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Part 2: corrected photo, then converted to monochrome.

Daphne and Apollo, One Wall 2018, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

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 on MacOS with Polarr Pro and Preview. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-z1A.

Week 12 in Germany & Austria

Final week for the 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 summer

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.

Week 11 – no comment

To Styria and back to NRW.

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.

Week 7 – no comment

A change of scenery.

Opened 3 weeks ago, construction of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple began in 2010 with financing entirely from donations. Near Berlin Hermannplatz, 22 June 2026.
Berlin’s northeast sky at 323am: unusually bright slivers at upper-left appear to be an example of noctilucent clouds high in the atmosphere. A sleepless 22-23 June 2026.
Berlin, City West, 23 June 2026.
Berlin U-Bahn, U5 Museumsinsel – 24 June 2026.
Not soon enough. Berlin Frankfurter Allee, 24 June 2026.
“The Dream”, by Victor Ash, 2019. Berlin Hellersdorf, 26 June 2026.
Weather forecast for Saturday, June 27: temperatures from +27°C (81°F) on the North Sea coast to +41°C (106°F) along the upper-Rhine and in Saxony.
Berlin airport train station, 27 June 2026.
Vienna airport train station, 27 June 2026.
“Notes of Berlin” display at Tempelhofer Feld, 24 June 2026.

Week 6 – no comment

I have to leave you. Again. Soon.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central station) – 15 June 2026.
“Plot twist: your vacation begins here.” Dussmann KulturKaufhaus, one of my favourite places in Berlin – 16 June 2026.
Berlin Landwehrkanal – 16 June 2026.
“Ovine trinity.” Pfaueninsel, 17 June 2026.
62 seconds; leucistic snow-white Indian peafowl 🦚 , Pfaueninsel – 17 June 2026.
On 2 June 1915, Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity to the public for the first time in this hall at Berlin’s Archenold Observatory – 19 June 2026.
I just got here, I have to leave. Berlin Elsenbrücke – 19 June 2026.
“Der Sommertopf über die Hauptstadt.” Berlin Westkreuz, 20. Juni 2026.
Botschaft (embassy), Berlin Leipziger Platz – 21 June 2026.