Architecture

In continuation of my architecture series, I wanted to share some more architecture photographs. I just returned from a trip to my hometown Basel, and loved some of the architecture I saw. It helped that the weather was cooperating, not necessarily always the case in February! It was unusually warm, but also a nice change to the typically freezing cold temps in Minneapolis/St. Paul!

For this trip, I traveled with a Leica digital camera (Leica Q), which is a full frame 35mm camera with a 28mm 1.7 lens. It is a fantastic camera, and most importantly, easy to carry around. The lens is fixed, which further helps with the simplification.

Here some examples:

UBS building (Aeschenplatz)

Botta Building (Aeschenplatz)

Lonza Building (Bahnhof)

Stellwerk (Bahnhof)

Building by Aeschenplatz

Kunstmuseum / Art museum

Jakob Burckhardt Building (Bahnhof)

 

 

Street

I have been fascinated by street photography, a genre that I have studied, but not practiced very much. As a studio and landscape photographer, the fast pace of street photography definitely is a challenge at times. I tried to meet the challenge by simplifying my cameras, setup and shooting techniques.

The street photography includes a visit to the Beyeler museum in Basel, so while not technically street, I decided to qualify it as such. The Edward Hopper exhibit was fantastic, as was Wim Wenders stunning short film within the exhibit!

Traveling (Bahnhof)

Biking (Bahnhof)

Shopping (Aeschenplatz)

Reading (Kreuzgang, Muenster)

Guarding (Beyeler museum)

Drawing (Beyeler art museum)

Viewing and drawing (Beyeler museum)

 

Reading (Beyeler museum)

Viewing (Beyeler museum)

Watching 3D movie (Wim Wenders, Beyeler Museum)

Reflecting (Beyeler museum)

 

 

Street photography with analog camera

I also brought my Leica M3 35mm camera with me (with a 50mm Summicron lens). Here are some of my favorite shots from this roll of film.

Still standing (empty beer bottle on Spalenberg)

 

Smoking (Spalenberg)

 

Getting ready to fly (Kleinhueningen, Basel)

Projecting (Dreilaendereck)

Speeding (St. Alban-Anlage)