• A bearded man wearing a hoodie and shorts, writing on an electronic device, sitting with a takeaway coffee on an orange "anti-violence" bench between gargoyles in Bremen.
    City Life

    Waking To Destruction.

    It is not as bad as I had expected. Ten years ago, walking out of my house in another, smaller, city on New Year's Day, I would be confronted by the debris of celebration littering the road, the pavement, the front of my house. There would be the remains of fireworks shot into the air, or exploded at ground level; empty drinks bottles and cans (prior to them being refundable); paper and other debris connected to the fireworks, such as the packaging.

  • A small red, thatched-roofed duck house with white-framed open doors, in a green-colored lake surrounded by a grassy bank and summer trees in Bremen, Germany.
    Life

    All The Comforts Of Home.

    I'm not too sure when I first began to understand, or experience, the concept of a Home. I have moved from one house, one city, one country to another all of my life, rarely spending more than a few years in one place. The only exception was my last residence, a large house I bought about nineteen years ago in a small city. Looking back, though, from the comfort of my new apartment, it never really felt like home.

  • CSD Bremen: A small family, with one parent playing with a small child on the grass prior to the parade.
    Life,  Photography

    Bremen: Before the CSD Parade

    It looked very thin on the ground initially, but then I was there very early with my camera, even before most of the exhibition and information tents had been set up. A few people gathered, meeting up with friends, greeting those they hadn't seen in a while, queuing up for a cup of water or a beer, and it was relatively quiet.

  • A woman enjoying the sunshine in Bremen.
    Life,  Photography

    Out On Four Wheels

    It's not exactly the Freedom of the Road, and many people advancing in years, fight against them right up until the last moment, but even these four wheels bring a certain degree of self-confidence and more. I'm not sure, being relatively young and fit ...

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