Kees' photos

One beautiful day last week, I took my camera to work. Surprisingly it wasn’t stolen, so I had the opportunity to dismount on my way home and shoot some pictures. The mountains are basically the same as always, but not seen from the usual balcony perspective. The sun stood low, and the light was beautiful.

RR, the well-known initials of Rolls-Ro... of Rohr-Royal, of course. I liked the “kommen -sehen - lösen” ( to come - to see - to solve ), echoing Julius Caesar’s famous “Veni, vidi, vi... solvi”. It has been a good year, so far. Having to work 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, the plumbers just had their day off, on February 29th.

Just to finish what I have started... One of these tulips: a week later, and only hours before they collectively disappeared from our table.

St. Lukas is a Neoromanogothic church, in an eclectic style very popular in the second half of the 19th C. I drive by every day, and spent my break time once for taking a closer look. It’s a monumental Protestant church, but it differs from other Protestant churches by being accessible also when there are no services. Watch the rosette on the right: it will return several times in the series.

The same rosette reflected in a shiny Bentley. I know it’s a VW really, but still I kind of like the Bentley. I’m under the impression that the make is gaining popularity. Under the wiper is a ticket for false parking; fines are inexpensive and don’t hurt much, least of all Bentley owners.

Normally, the road in front of the church is full of traffic (many cars and one scooter). The traffic lights allowed for an undisturbed view.

As I’ve already said: the church is accessible.

The entrance hall.

I may be wrong, but I suspect these people were sun-bathing rather than praying.

The rosette again, with the contours of the organ in front of it.

The organ is often used for concerts: the audience can actually watch the organist playing.

Elaborate woodwork.

One of many Italian restaurants in Munich. I pass by often, but was never in there. “I love the world”... it seems unnatural to me. Nevertheless, the man makes a point by showing all Champions League soccer matches in PayTV.

A subway under the inner city ring road in Munich. The big window shows a video installation –a camera gliding over an audience– and the reflection of the stairs/escalator facing the one on the right . There are traffic lights, so there’s no real need to go underground for crossing the street, and few do. Lighting is dim and uninviting. Another reason why this subway museum isn’t frequented is the escalators being out of order. “Art in the Public Area” can only be viewed by people still able to walk stairs.

The subway under the Munich city ring, again. In part, the escalators have been transformed to etageres for plants. I wonder if they are part of the artistic concept.