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March 17, 2019
Unchained
Finally, I gave the text the last polish. Now every visitor of this big exhibition will have accessibility to the same information. I was chained for three…
Jan. 27, 2019
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Since 2005 the 27th of January is worldwide honored as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was the day, when the remaining prisoners of Auschwitz…
Oct. 21, 2018
Zentralfriedhof
Today we visited Roland's most precious immovable property: two graves at the Zentralfriedhof. A grave at Zentralfriedhof is an expensive rotting place – almost…
Oct. 05, 2018
Tales from the Crypt
Lockenhaus is a market town in Burgenland (Austria), which has a lot of history to offer: castle, monastery, church and crypt. When I was a child and had to…
Aug. 27, 2018
Faces and Names
The village Neumarkt im Tauchental is not spectacular, but it has at least an archaeological treasure worthwhile to photograph. Almost 30 years have passed…
Aug. 23, 2018
Landsee: Cemetery
Landsee has an old idyllic cemetery. It’s a small area surrounded by trees. Only few graves still exist and even fewer graves are cared for. The tree in the…
Aug. 22, 2018
Many Graves and one Butterfly
Neckenmarkt is a village in the eastern part of Austria nearby the Hungarian border. Until 1921 it belonged to Hungary and was called Sopronnyék. During WWI a…
Aug. 03, 2018
The Lonely Mountain of Großmugl
The village Großmugl ("big mound") is named after this big tumulus. The so called Leeberg is a listed archaeological burial site. The tumulus is still 14 m high…
Jan. 29, 2018
Breathe - Weekly Theme "Thoughtful"
High above the city of Šibenik (Croatia) rest the dead in peace. The cemetery is like a lifeless mountain of piled up stones, slabs, chambers and tombs. Graves…
Nov. 02, 2017
Destruction
Our last destination today was Buje. It was already late in the afternoon and the sun stand low. We followed the signs to the historic and architectural…
Oct. 31, 2017
All Saints' Day
Flowers, flowers, flowers - a ocean of flowers. Huge pots with flowers for the dead. I like to photograph cemeteries, but I avoid it on All Saints' Day, because…
Sept. 14, 2017
Kings and Queens
The graves of the most notorious members of the Plantagenet family are buried at Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud. King Henry II of England and his wife…
Sept. 04, 2017
Tomb or stable? (weekly theme "contrast")
This week’s (04.-10.09.) theme is contrast. It was a difficult decision which difference I want to present. In the end I chose something with less photographic…
Sept. 03, 2017
Grey, faithful and uneven (SH090917)
I followed the "Scavenger Hunt SH090917" through my archive. The words (1) grey, (2) faithful and (3) uneven put immediately some pictures in my mind. I…
Sept. 01, 2017
Macabre
The Middle Ages may have been called the Dark Age but the 19th century is more creepy. An ossuary is situated in Sedlec – a suburb to Kutná Hora in the Czech…
Aug. 15, 2017
Excavation: Roman graves
I am an archaeologist and these are my first photos I shot on an excavation. It was my first year at University of Vienna and my first excavation. So I was…
Aug. 14, 2017
Tomb decoration #1
I visit Zentralfriedhof once in a while and always with my camera in the pocket. Some deceased are buried in deep and well secured graves. Heavy tombstones on…
Aug. 11, 2017
Ehrengrab #1
The Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Vienna Central Cemetery) was established in 1874 in Simmering far outside Vienna's city borders. Simmering was incorporated into…