floriansiebeck.com http://floriansiebeck.com the online portfolio of florian siebeck Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:48:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 de hourly 1 “Does anyone ever say ‘hello’ to you?” http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1048996979 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1048996979#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:48:33 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1048996979
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Mao statue in Kashgar, 2009

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Mao statue in Kashgar, 2009

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1046815620/feed/ 0 Our bloggers’ bookazine baby CIRCUS that we’ve been… http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1037986617 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1037986617#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:51:00 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1037986617

Our bloggers’ bookazine baby CIRCUS that we’ve been working on since half a year arrived from the printers today! Buy online or offline from September 14th in about a thousand stores worldwide.

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Our bloggers’ bookazine baby CIRCUS that we’ve been working on since half a year arrived from the printers today! Buy online or offline from September 14th in about a thousand stores worldwide.

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1037986617/feed/ 0 Desi, 2010 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1035784199 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1035784199#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:00 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1035784199

Desi, 2010

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Desi, 2010

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1035784199/feed/ 0 Flight statistics. http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1031863827 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1031863827#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:13:46 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1031863827 Countries travelled to: 23; hours flown: 170; kilometers flown: 115,940; average flight duration in minutes: 142; average flight distance in kilometer: 1,610.

]]> Countries travelled to: 23; hours flown: 170; kilometers flown: 115,940; average flight duration in minutes: 142; average flight distance in kilometer: 1,610.

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1031863827/feed/ 0 Ash via fuckyeahashleystymest via dontbetardyfortheparty http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1027161589 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1027161589#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:36:32 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1027161589

Ash via fuckyeahashleystymest via dontbetardyfortheparty

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Ash via fuckyeahashleystymest via dontbetardyfortheparty

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/1027161589/feed/ 0 There’s nothing more hilarious than doing fitness with old women at 7 a.m. in Herăstrău Park… http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/991609304 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/991609304#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:08:00 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/991609304 There’s nothing more hilarious than doing fitness with old women at 7 a.m. in Herăstrău Park in Bucharest.

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]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/991609304/feed/ 0 Balkan Tales. http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/984799350 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/984799350#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:28:57 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/984799350 There was a day when a car in Belgrade broke. It was not only a car, but it was the car of the Japanese embassador of Serbia. In the following days he had to use public transport, which at this time was crowded, and basically unusable. So he called the Japanese government and told them about it. They donated more than three million euros to improve the public transport infrastructure – the respective buses show a slogan on their doors: “Donated by the people of Japan.” By the way: trams in Belgrade are the same models as used in Pyongyang, North Korea; made in the Czech Republic and in Switzerland.

]]> There was a day when a car in Belgrade broke. It was not only a car, but it was the car of the Japanese embassador of Serbia. In the following days he had to use public transport, which at this time was crowded, and basically unusable. So he called the Japanese government and told them about it. They donated more than three million euros to improve the public transport infrastructure – the respective buses show a slogan on their doors: “Donated by the people of Japan.” By the way: trams in Belgrade are the same models as used in Pyongyang, North Korea; made in the Czech Republic and in Switzerland.

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/984799350/feed/ 0 So I arrived in Belgrade (#22) today, after spending one night at a friends’ place in Vienna…. http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/978025674 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/978025674#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:47:31 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/978025674 So I arrived in Belgrade (#22) today, after spending one night at a friends’ place in Vienna. I’m staying in Andjela’s flat, and her mother makes the best rissoles I’ve ever (ever!) eaten. I am, however, tired as hell. Next destination on saturday: Bucharest (#23).

]]> So I arrived in Belgrade (#22) today, after spending one night at a friends’ place in Vienna. I’m staying in Andjela’s flat, and her mother makes the best rissoles I’ve ever (ever!) eaten. I am, however, tired as hell. Next destination on saturday: Bucharest (#23).

]]> http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/978025674/feed/ 0 At the time of writing this I’m sitting at the Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm – a place… http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/971452068 http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/971452068#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:07:00 +0000 flosi http://flosi.tumblr.com/post/971452068 At the time of writing this I’m sitting at the Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm – a place that in my imagination still is as cold and empty as I experienced it in one freezing winter night back in 2008. I’m watching the waiter of Chokladkoppen, still the same and still as hot and delicious as the chocolate he serves. An old Chinese couple next to me, he’s eating rice cookies; the ones I constantly used to eat when I was living there, and drinking water from the brand that I considered to be too expensive to buy. However, I was outraged by the massive crowd of tourists (including me) I found there, and how suddenly the beauty and calmness of the place had vanished.

Since I read Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”, I not only started to think differently about photography but about being a tourist as well. In general, Sontag talks about the habit of photographing in order to have an evidence that you were there, and sometimes nothing but that. There are people who try to capture moments which sometimes just can’t be held in the frame photography offers. I see hundreds of people taking pictures of samesame buildings, they place themselves in front of them, one after another. I got sad when I saw people on the ferry, filming the sunset with their mobile phones or DV recorders. It’s just like seeing precious life time being wasted.

Speaking of Susan Sontag, I happened to stumble upon a just opened exhibition space called Fotografiska, it’s close to Slussen, and just opened in May as I was told. They showed the Annie Leibowitz exhibition (which I already saw in C/O Berlin), but also some other stunning photographers like Vee Speers.

I must admit I consider myself a weird tourist, travel has mostly become stumbling opon things, buying stuff and sitting around doing nothing. I don’t visit museums very often and try to avoid places that are recommended in the guide books (Chokladkoppen is one, unfortunately). But maybe everyone has to see what travelling means to them. And if they like to take thousands of rather senseless pictures, be that as it may.

]]> At the time of writing this I’m sitting at the Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm – a place that in my imagination still is as cold and empty as I experienced it in one freezing winter night back in 2008. I’m watching the waiter of Chokladkoppen, still the same and still as hot and delicious as the chocolate he serves. An old Chinese couple next to me, he’s eating rice cookies; the ones I constantly used to eat when I was living there, and drinking water from the brand that I considered to be too expensive to buy. However, I was outraged by the massive crowd of tourists (including me) I found there, and how suddenly the beauty and calmness of the place had vanished.

Since I read Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”, I not only started to think differently about photography but about being a tourist as well. In general, Sontag talks about the habit of photographing in order to have an evidence that you were there, and sometimes nothing but that. There are people who try to capture moments which sometimes just can’t be held in the frame photography offers. I see hundreds of people taking pictures of samesame buildings, they place themselves in front of them, one after another. I got sad when I saw people on the ferry, filming the sunset with their mobile phones or DV recorders. It’s just like seeing precious life time being wasted.

Speaking of Susan Sontag, I happened to stumble upon a just opened exhibition space called Fotografiska, it’s close to Slussen, and just opened in May as I was told. They showed the Annie Leibowitz exhibition (which I already saw in C/O Berlin), but also some other stunning photographers like Vee Speers.

I must admit I consider myself a weird tourist, travel has mostly become stumbling opon things, buying stuff and sitting around doing nothing. I don’t visit museums very often and try to avoid places that are recommended in the guide books (Chokladkoppen is one, unfortunately). But maybe everyone has to see what travelling means to them. And if they like to take thousands of rather senseless pictures, be that as it may.

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