BEACH MUSIC

March 29, 2014. Galveston, TX, USA.

The secrets of the summer, I will keep
The sands of time will blow a mystery
No one but you and I, underneath that moonlit sky
Take me back to the place that I know
[Chris Rea, On the Beach]

GLASS FLOWERS 

  Amazing collection of glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

More then 3.000 models of various plants, entire made of glass made from 1887 through 1936. The life-size models include 847 species, with remarkable accurate anatomical sections and enlarged flower parts.

Yes, it is glass...

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DEFINITELY...

...no way in.

...out of order.

...not Marlboro Country anymore.

...needed sometimes. ;-)

CITIZEN KANE

Can Anybody remember the brilliant movie "Citizen Kane" from 1941 by and with Orson Wells? Well, I can - and so my first association seeing this dinner was with this movie...
Playing around with some Color Efex Pro Filters...

NYC Impressions

Some quick editing...

SUNDAY IN NYC

Before returning to Boston I spent a lazy sunday in New York - together with most of NYC inhabitants, as it seemed...

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Two of NYC's icons: "New York's Finest" and Yellow Cabs

No Barking anytime

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE...

Arrived around noon with Amtrak from Boston. New York is one of my favorite places. I was just walking around, visited an exhibition at the International Center of Photography, played around with the little Fuji...

Here are some impressions:

The shadow of the Empire State Building 

At the ICP

Fightclub

At Tom's Diner

The city that never sleeps

 m.t.c....

BOSTON STRONG II

Today I visited the locations of the two bomb explosions on April 15, which killed three persons (amongst others an eight year old child) and wounded almost 200 others. On previous visits to Boston I have been many times on Boylston Street and Copley Square. Shops and restaurants I have visited earlier are still out of operation. On Copley Square there is off-the wall memorial.

Several hundreds of running shoes - donated by participants of the Boston Marathon

We will run again...

Memorial for the death of the Marathon bombing and the MIT-Policeman killed during the hunt for the assassins

BOSTON STRONG I

After about eleven hours in planes, I have finally arrived in Boston. With six hours time difference (from Austria) my inner clock is already set on friday - so only a short input today. 

Traveling light has a great advantage: Everything fits into one bag (a Think Tank Retrospective 40) - camera (Fujifilm X 100s), computer (MacBook Air 13"), external drive...and still space enough for personal things.

At Munich Airport - after eleven hours in planes maybe not so a bad idea...

but first a light dinner. ;-)

m.t.c....

GO WEST

Boston, MA

Tomorrow I will fly to the USA (again). Travelling light this time. No big backbag full of photographic equipment. Just one small camera with one lens (a Fujifilm X100s). So it will be a new experience for me.

Going to Boston (which is, from my past experiences, a very open and liberal city) after the bombings of 15/04 - what has changed?

Looking forward visiting some exhibitions there (e.g. Bruce Davidsons's look at the life in 1960s Harlem at the MFA) and strolling through the galleries.

m.t.c....