How cool can an ice cream parlour be? From the fluorescent light on the ceiling illuminating the counter in a white curved line, the stainless steel counters with their glass display cases to the tiled floor. everything here exudes business hygiene while still aiming to entice passers-by to have a cup of ice cream. This in an underground passage in the centre of Vienna. A symbol of the modern hurried person who is always on the go and when the need arises goes for coffee to go or an ice cream. Quick and anonymous with the only warmth being the pastel colours of the floor tiles and the pistachio colour of the counter. a new version of an iconic older image that everyone knows. An echo of Hopper's painting Nighthawks moved to the metro station in one of the old European cities.
My great loves are the water and everything about it. Ships, travel, history and photography. The combination is therefore very common in my photographic work. Most photographs are created intuitively. It is an image that strikes me, usually a combination of form and color in which a.. Read more…