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© Christian Plähn

A day in Dubai

“The cool parts – the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as ‚the Vegas of the Middle East‘ or ‚the Venice of the Middle East‘ or ‚the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert‘ – have been built in the last ten years. ” ― George Saunders
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Mumbai monsoon – Photo diary pt.1

“Mumbai is the sweet, sweaty smell of hope, which is the opposite of hate; and it’s the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love. It’s the smell of Gods, demons, empires, and civilizations in resurrection and decay. Its the blue skin-smell of the sea, no matter where you are in the island city, and the blood metal smell of machines. It smells of the stir and sleep and the waste of sixty
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Mumbai Monsoon Street

Mumbai monsoon – Photo diary pt.2

“Mumbai is the sweet, sweaty smell of hope, which is the opposite of hate; and it’s the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love. It’s the smell of Gods, demons, empires, and civilizations in resurrection and decay. Its the blue skin-smell of the sea, no matter where you are in the island city, and the blood metal smell of machines. It smells of the stir and sleep and the waste of sixty
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Mumbai monsoon – Photo diary pt.3

“Mumbai is the sweet, sweaty smell of hope, which is the opposite of hate; and it’s the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love. It’s the smell of Gods, demons, empires, and civilizations in resurrection and decay. Its the blue skin-smell of the sea, no matter where you are in the island city, and the blood metal smell of machines. It smells of the stir and sleep and the waste of sixty
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Chicago – July 2017

Impressions passing by chicago.
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San Francisco – Street level

„We’re not our skin of grime, we’re not our dread bleak dusty imageless locomotive, we’re all beautiful golden sunflowers inside, we’re blessed by our own seed & hairy naked accomplishment — bodies growing into mad black formal sunflowers in the sunset, spied on by our eyes under the shadow of the mad locomotive riverbank sunset Frisco hilly tincan evening sitdown vision.“ All
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Nie im Leben

Stück nach Motiven von Jean-Paul Sartre von Sophia Aurich und Meret Kündig „Wir sterben beide gleichzeitig. Wir lernen uns im Tod kennen, verlieben uns…wir erfahren, dass wir für einander bestimmt waren…auf einmal stehen wir wieder im Leben, müssen unsere Liebe unter Beweis stellen und…ach, das ist doch alles vollkommen unrealistisch.“ Darsteller: Theresa Gütling, Carole Jachtmann, Marti
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Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, and also of volcanic origins. It is dominated by the 3718 meters high volcano Mount Teide, the mountain with the highest elevation in all the Atlantic Ocean.
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Barcelona – Photo diary pt.1

„Barcelona, archives of courtesy, shelter of the foreigners, hospital of the poor, father-land of the brave , vengeance of the offended and pleasant correspondence of firm friendship, and in site, and in beauty, unique.“ Miguel de Cervantes
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Barcelona – Photo diary pt.2

„Barcelona, archives of courtesy, shelter of the foreigners, hospital of the poor, father-land of the brave , vengeance of the offended and pleasant correspondence of firm friendship, and in site, and in beauty, unique.“ Miguel de Cervantes
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