She is one of the most famous sailing training ships in the world. The German three-master Gorch Fock. Fully restored to her former glory after a lengthy restoration and lying here in her home port of Kiel. As ever, a beautiful sight. The white hull and the yellow masts with the yards against the backdrop of the banks of the Kieler Bight. an image that always evokes a sense of romance and nostalgia for times when these ships sailed the seas with full sails and fetched or brought their cargoes to distant countries.
Gorch fock is a training ship and sails the seas with apprentices. Boys and girls learning about life at sea and seamanship.
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…