Celebrate the Dead

22.2.14

Cemeteries and graves all over Mexico are decorated and honoured on The Day of the Dead, a combination of the Christian All Souls' Day with older indigenous Mexican holiday. Here is the cemetery of the lovely mountain town, San Christobal. Not only is it beautifully decorated with flowers, but the architecture of the tombs and graves are a beautiful mix of colors, tiles and crosses. It reminds me very much of the Memphis furniture we had in the house while I was growing up.
Photographed November 2010, in San Christobal, Mexico.

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Hergiswald

8.8.13

We visited this church built in 1654, on a little road trip to Kanton Luzern. The 324 naive baroque ceiling paintings are emblems of motives and sayings of the time. The whole thing reminds us of Tarot, while being very different.The countryside folk style creates a much more powerful feeling and atmosphere than the richer churches of the day.
Photographed August 2013, in Hergiswald, Switzerland.

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7.7.13

All the other graves are covered in flowers for the day of the dead celebrations. This cement grave keeps its beauty in its simplicity.
Photographed November 2009, in St.Cristobal, Mexico.

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29.4.13

Buddhist guardian at the Daimon Gate.
Photographed April 2013, in Mount Koya, Japan.

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10.4.13

Kyoto cherry blossoms at night.
Photographed March 2013, in Kyoto Japan.

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Death Valley

26.3.13

On the road between Yosemite park and Las Vegas, was death Valley. Vast, empty, beautiful and foreboding. Its a desert valley, with dunes, salt flats, old mines, the lowest altitude in the US, and the highest recorded temperature on earth.
Photographed September 2011, in Nevada USA.

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22.3.13

Aiyanar Temple in the southern indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Photographed march 2012, in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Wassily Chair

4.3.13

Marcel Breuer's Wassilly chair is perhaps my favorite piece of bent steel furniture. When seen at an angle, which is most of the time, it has this spiderweb built by a german engineer look.
Collection Bruno Bischofberger Zurich

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