Impressions from Frankfurt
The large project with images from THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS brought me back to Frankfurt. I was commissioned to photograph the office space decorated with my images. These images are in progress, and I will present a selection on the blog later. During my breaks, I went out with my camera to explore Frankfurt's high-rise district, looking for exciting perspectives on the imposing skyscrapers. This resulted in a small series of heavily edited black-and-white photos.
I viewed the skyscrapers with mixed feelings. For me, they symbolize the human spirit's ever-increasing striving for higher heights, and how so much good can emerge. But what if this spirit frees itself from all responsibility and, like in the myth of Icarus, soars higher and higher, unchecked and without any moral obligation? Will the fall eventually come? But perhaps these are all far too philosophical thoughts, and one should simply enjoy this spectacle of lines, shapes, and surface structures:
I took the pictures with the Leica Q2 and the Leica S3.
