Throwing the head back and having a look at things above can often open up quite interesting new perspectives. Two of suchlike perspectives recently came across me: in Berlin, and when travelling Hong Kong »»

There are only a few places on our planet, where our civilized world is colliding with the earth’s forces. Indonesia undoubtedly belongs to those places, as nowhere else in the world human life is daring to sit on a volcano the crowded way. An offshoot of the Pacific Ring of Fire is transporting the seismic heartbeat literally like an artery to the doorsteps of Java, Sumatra & Co. Catastrophes with an apocalyptic dimension happened there: the explosion of lake Toba, of the volcanos Tambora and Krakatoa, as well as the seaquake and the dramatic Tsunami on December 26th 2004 »»

…and being back from a weekend trip to Moscow. Here you can view the mandatory travel report about all things called Russian capital.

And here you can watch the photos of the Yasur volcano, on Tanna/Vanuatu. At the end of the article there’s even a 11 minute eruption video.

A happy new year to everyone of you. A few minutes ago the pictures of the New Year’s party with Nick Warren in Budapest went online.

An excerpt of recently published articles »»

To announce it the Idols way: after casting, recall and finale 13 pictures made it again to delight a critical Fuller-free jury. The new economind calendar for 2009 had just been printed and guarantees a better half life than any “super star” coronated by Idols »»

The most interesting photos are still those providing a new perspective of already known elements. Here is a new view of Brandenburger Gate along with the Pariser Platz square and the towers at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz square »»

59th Forum Pariser Platz - Discussion about “The USA after Bush” »»

A short excursion into the depths of the present photo market… »»