Flying back to the cold, from sand dunes to snow-covered Alps in just some hours. Unfortunately I had my camera not really at hand, so here is an Iphone capture.
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Fine Art Sand Dunes. First time in the desert...love at first sight!!! It is like paradise for every photographer. those lines and shades and colors!
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Far away and out of reach, not only in the metaphorical sense. You can see the silouette of this imposing building from almost everywhere in the city. Here from a traditional market.
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Dubai - Burj Al Arab Beach. Not just another beach. This one has a splendid view on the 7 star hotel Burj al Arab. It was also very hot and full of colourful tourists, oner of them in the pic.
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Le Louvre Abu Dhabi Project - day 3
"A double dome offering horizontal, perfectly radiating geometry, a randomly perforated woven material, providing shade punctuated by bursts of sun. The dome gleams in the Abu Dhabi sunshine. At night, this protected landscape is an oasis of light under a starry dome.
A vast dome, 180 metres in diameter, covers the majority of the museum city and is visible from the sea, the surrounding areas and Abu Dhabi city. This dome was constructed by the Austrian company Waagner Biro who specialize in steel structures. The dome consists of eight different layers: four outer layers clad in stainless steel and four inner layers clad in aluminium separated by a steel frame five metres high. The frame is made of 10,000 structural components pre-assembled into 85 super-sized elements, each weighing up to 50 tonnes. "
Enjoying my personal photographic project in Abu Dhabi- Day 3
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Le Louvre Abu Dhabi Project - day 2
"It is both a calm and complex place. A contrast amongst a series of museums that cultivate their differences and their authenticities. It is a project founded on a major symbol of Arab architecture: the dome. But here, with its evident shift from tradition, the dome is a modern proposal."
Some words by Jean Nouvel, great architect, winner of the Pritzker Price and designer of Le Louvre Abu Dhabi, opened last November.
Enjoying my personal photographic project to the full!
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Louvre Abu Dhabi project - day 1
Masterwork by the Pritzker winner architect Jean Nouvel
On his own words: " It wishes to create a welcoming world serenely combining light and shadow, reflection and calm. It wishes to belong to a country, to its history, to its geography (...). It also aims at emphasising the fascination generated by rare encounters.
This picture is part of a 3 day personal proyect at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. A true photographic discovery.
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Credit Suisse forbidden picture, Geneva. Looking up while queuing at the Bank, somebody got angry as I was taking pictures of the bank's atrium and asked me to erase them, but I never erase a good shot :)
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The magic of spirals
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Playing Mozart at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Pianist Cedric Peschia mesmerized us all.
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Skater, Geneva
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As years go by. Great Hall at the International Labour Organisation, Geneva. A huge carpet with all the years since its foundation paves the way for a day at work.
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My new toy. I recently acquired a full portable studio for portrait photography. In need of models now!
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Seen at the sushi bar ...Don't they look amazing those sushi? Enjoyinhg Japanese food at a restaurant in the neighboorhood with a dear friend.
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Surprising geometry in the La Praille Mall, Geneva. I cannot say it is really my favourite architecture, but there was nothing more at hand this day. Photo taken with my mini lumix
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Daniil Trifonov, exceptional Russian pianist, at 26 is touring the world and playing in the biggest concert halls. We had the great luck of listening to him in Geneva, where he amazed us all with his "Hommage a Chopin", an unusual programm full of surprises.
Here he is, concentrating before the concert. I was quite far away but had a powerful lense in my bag this time.
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La Givrine, Switzerland
Postcard views all around. A real paradise for photography, but for the cold ! On the way back we were surprised by a brizzard
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Festival Antigel, Geneva
Botanical garden as a huge scenery for a science-fi show at night by -4 degrèes...extraordinary experience.
""Nous sommes les derniers de l’espèce à garder le foyer. Notre foyer." Votre foyer, en vrai. Car avec cette histoire à rêver sur nos deux pieds, fabriquée par l’auteur Fabrice Melquiot, vous serez plongés dans une galaxie inconnue d’une saveur sauvage. Une planète fictive gorgée de végétaux, où les serres communiquent par la lumière et où des bestioles presque humaines cohabitent dans une étendue de poésie fantastique. "Botanica" traduit admirablement l’envie du festival de faire redécouvrir le Jardin botanique dans un court voyage sensoriel singulier. Un conte sur les oreilles, des chorégraphies végétales sous les pupilles et des jeux de faisceaux oniriques impalpables qui soulignent par la même occasion l’importance de la flore et de sa conservation."
Show produced by Festival antigel & Eric Linder at Geneva's Botanical gardens
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Lines in black and white. Another sexy bridge in Geneva
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Through the glass jungle