View on City Palace From Jag Mandir Palace in Udaipur you have a great view of the City Palace and the Summer Palace surrounded by water, especially when the sun is setting.

Red Tractor Similar to Indian trucks, this red tractor has also been decorated in a colourful way and is thus not only a transport vehicle, but at the same time almost a small artwork.

India’s Diversity One of my favourite pictures that I took during my three-month summer stay in India in June 2019. Photographed in a temple complex of the UNESCO World Heritage site Hampi, it represents much of what India stands for. One aspect: the colours and the diversity associated with them. Each of the oncoming [...]

Chinese Fishingnets Today the Chinese fishing nets in the Indian coastal town of Kochi are a mixture of tradition and tourist attraction. The nets are lowered into the water using ropes. The catch is then sold at the fish market a few metres away.

Drying Laundry After the laundry has been washed in the river, it is spread out on large stones on the riverside to dry. Due to the heat of the sun, it takes less than an hour for towels, trousers and such to dry quickly, efficiently and in an environmentally friendly way. [...]

Himalayan Toy Train The Toy Train is a narrow-gauge railway that winds its way through the tea villages of the southern Himalayas to the world-famous tea region of Darjeeling on an altitude of over 2000 meters. Even though the railway today is mainly used by tourists, the market stalls and pedestrians still have to [...]

Red Cones One might think here are red spices lined up, maybe chili powder. In fact, it is red powder paint that is piled up as cones. Indians buy the paint to make the traditional Bindis (red dots) on their forehead.

Vote for Congress Election Poster Shortly after the announcement of the election results in India in June 2019, an election poster of the Congress Party was still hanging on a house wall. However, the parliamentary election was won again by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Anchored Boat Plain and simple. A boat with its reflection lies in the bay of San Francisco at the beginning of August 2013.

Sunset Reflections Sunsets often have something magical about them and form great motifs, especially when it has rained before as in this case. This shot was taken by me in Florida in summer 2015 and shows a couple marvelling at the sunset.