“But if it is true that the act of observing changes the thing which is observed, it’s even more true that it changes the observer.”
Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
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Photographers Beware!
Tag: Germany
Share Your Space
Midweek Monochrome
Don’t Tread on Them
The “Stolpersteine” or “stumbling stones” are a project of the artist Gunter Demnig. They are brass covered cobblestones on pavements outside houses were Germans of Jewish descent used to live. Other persecuted groups are commemorated in this way as well. They are inscribed with their names, their dates of birth and short information what happened to them. This particular family of Luise and Jakob Stern who I found in Rüsselsheim had the parents emigrating to South Africa, where the father died before the end of the war. Their daughter Irva was murdered in Auschwitz.
More than 75,000 stones have been laid in Germany, more in neighbouring countries where the Nazi terror regime was present.
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Three Nubs of Living It up in Mannheim
What looks like one huge hive are actually three massive hives apartment buildings right on the banks of the river Neckar. They are known as NUB (Neckaruferbebauung).
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Live In
Different Times, Different Place
It might have been an easier time when police and public were more affable in their dealings with each other. It might also be due to the region – the people of the Rhineland are known for their jovial demeanour.
These are two sculptures (2 of 6, distributed in the centre of Koblenz) in honour of historic local characters, here market-woman Ringelstein and Constable Otto. They stand next to each other, Otto is taking down a complaint by Mistress Ringelstein.
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The Clothes Maketh the Man
In this case, particularly the hat doth the making. And the times define the clothes. But what if the clothes don’t fit in the times? Does that make the man anachronistic all by himself?
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Anachronistic
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