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Form is Emptiness , Essen , May-10

This corner is not empty. How can a corner be empty? It still contains air. To be precise, we must say the corner is empty of. In a vacuum it would still contain space and light as well as its own substance. From a physical point of view, the corner is always full of something.
Yet, really this corner is emptiness. It is devoid of any inherent character as it depends on other external circumstances. The wall is not the corner, the floor is not the corner, the ceiling is not the corner even the emptiness does not imply cornerness on its own. This emptiness again is defined by the tables not being in the corner. All these aspects together make this empty corner; If they all exist simultaneously the mind does impute cornerness round the empty space until the combined perception is disrupted. Its physical essence remains elusive. This corner is emptiness

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Gesine coming home , London , Mar-10

Finally after 3 months of waiting today I got granted the privilege to buy a brand new Leica M9. After a few ritual dances and careful assembly I took this first picture just as she came home. I have a hard time getting used to the manual operations that now is required again, but I already feel to be at the beginning of new freedom! Focussing, depth in field, exposure - All manual. The control I have always missed leaving behind my F3 for the digital world. The picture feels like 35mm again !
The solid body is engineered to perfection and a dream to hold. I feel like Gollum stroking my precious when I pick it up. The lens seems to take bites from reality even in our dark lobby. Even the laziest and obscured of photons seem to want to get into the Summilux 50mm when the shutter is clicked with understated sophistication. I am learning to see all over again. It all started here with L1000001.DNG.

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TAGS: India memento

Early Morning Rooftop , Jodhpur , May-06

Jodphur is an ancient city in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan. The blue tinge of the whitewashed houses of the Old Town gave the Blue City its second name. In summer the temperature easily get above 40°C, dropping not much below 30°C night. During the day it felt like walking towards a hairdryer in full blast. I drank about 5 litres of water without going to the toilet once. I, like most people slept on the rooftop trying to get every breath of fresh air cutting through the sticking heat.
The sunrise waking me up very early from shallow sleep I saw the city coming back to life in slow motion. Unknowningly theatrical one after another got up, carefully folded their sarong, tidying their sari and calmly walking down inside like backtracking sleepwalkers.

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TAGS: memento new Thailand

Sendungsbewustsein , Chiang Saen , Jul-05

Once in a little town along the Mekong just about 10 kilometers south past the Golden Triangle in northern Thailand. From its tiny port rusty freighters took off for their journey up the Mekong between Laos and Myanmar to China. Day in day out trucks deliver cargo to be loaded by an endless chain of tireless porters from the ramp into the hull. Mostly crates of Red Bull or boxes of dried dates at the time
Strolling round there to hitch a ride on one of the ships myself I noticed two carefully wrapped up buddha statues on the parking lot infront the cargo bay.
The picture struck me and so I returned the next day early in the morning when the light was right.
I got there just 30min after sunrise and captured this image. The buddha statues were covered in the traditional orange which matched the reflection of the early morning sun in the river and made them look enchanted and. They seemed to be the source of the quiet around them.
Like two true escape artists that had freed their mind, resting, calmly awaiting in true buddhist spirit where future would bring them. While I admired the packaging I imagined where they had been made. Could you just go to a buddha statue factory and place an order?
I passed them by a few days later when I continued my own journey. I wondered what their destination will be and hoped that they get to stay together.
They however seemed to be unmoved by it all.

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TAGS: Elsewhere nature portraits

Family Business , Namibia , Jun-02

Once on the side of the road in Twyfelfountain, a tiny settlement of scattered houses in the Naukluft National Park in Namiba. Ancient rock carvings depicting bushman life draw tourists out there into the barren land of the Namib desert. A family operates a healthy business model where they offer digging services to those unfortunate travellers who manage to get stuck with their rental car. The particularly tricky dip of loose gravel could have been their headquarters.
Jakob, head of operations and carries out the price negotiations with the inept drivers, which seem to resolve quickly due to his mature sales skills, his friendly nature or the lack of any other shovel in the next 50km.
He then oversees the progress from under the shade of a nearby tree as his sons then go about the digging. His wife and daughter finally help pushing out the stranded vehicle. The cheering upon success of freeing it is a complimentary part of the job. The work life balance in this enterprise seemed to be incredible as the team seemed to really enjoy themselves and the big bright smiles were free of charge to everyone.
As I witnessed the car infront undergoing the 'treatment' Jakob, from under his tree, suddenly shouted across to us and pointed back into the bush where a elephant had appeared. All digging activities ceased and with wild gestures the rare event was discussed loudly until the elephant eventually left out of sight.
The wonder if it somehow was part of the premium package of Jakob's enterprise.

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