Tonight I went to Zurich for a drink with a couple of friends. As always I had my camera with me. I did not expect to be able to take any remarkable pictures, but I think I did. Enjoy!
LumixGX80 camera | Lumix 20mm 1.7 lens
A night on the town
Category: Zurich
Takin’ it to the streets … in Oerlikon
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to participate in a photowalk organized by Amazing Views in Zurich in cooperation with Fujifilm. The idea was to do some streetphotography in Oerlikon (a part of Zurich).
That proved to be a great idea. I was very pleased with some of the pictures I could take. I hope you like them as well!
‘Brothers in arms’ – I was extremely pleased to meet Jens Krauer of @urbanframes (left)! Check out his cool Langstrasse Video on YouTube Langstrasse video on YouTube. 
‘Left wing extremism the Swiss way’ 
‘Of course you can take my picture!’ 
‘What are you looking at?’ 
‘His name is Ambi’
LumixGX80 camera | Lumix 20mm 1.7 lens
A chance encounter with the DVZO at Zurich HB
Two weeks ago I was on my way back from a photoshoot, when I saw a steam train at the Central Station Zurich. It turned out to be a train from the DVZO, om operation run by a group of enthusiasts in their spare time.
After taking a couple of pictures of the train and the volunteers, I met a couple of other (cool looking) people I did some improve shooting with. All in all a great end of a busy shooting day!
Nikon D750 | Nikon 50 mm 1.8G
A super trio is born!
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a concert of Trio Lusinea. Trio Lusinea is an unusual combination of three instruments: a bassoon, a flute and a harp. The trio consists of three friends and world-class musicians: Valeria Curti (Bassoon), Isabel Goller (Harp) and Annina Rusch (Flute). In the cozy environment of Atelier 17A in Zurich, they played works of Ravel,Yun, Glinka, Bozza and Jolivet.
It was a fantastic event and if their performance made one thing clear it was this: a new super trio is born.
Thanks, Valeria, Isabel, and Annina. I am looking forward to seeing and hearing you again soon!
Equipment: Panasonic Lumix G7 | Olympus 17mm1.8 | Olympus 45mm1.8 |Panasonic 14-42 3.5-5.6
Joshua
‘I make a lot of mistakes, but you only live once’ Joshua (@joshhamster.ch) told me when I asked him about the text on his t-shirt, which read ‘I am not perfect but I am limited edition’. He told me his sister worked in a camera store. When he told me which one, I told him this was the best camera store in Switzerland and that I bought a lot of lenses there.
Inspired by the fantastic Human From New-York project by Brandon Stanton, I plan to publish a series of posts based on this format on www.humansofswitzerland.com.
#WeRemember – International Holocaust Memorial Day
Several organizations in the US and Europe support the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in their global campaign to encourage people to speak out on social media and raise awareness about the Holocaust. This campaign asks people to hold up a sign with the words “We Remember,” and to post it on social media with the hashtag #WeRemember.
One of these organizations supporting this initiative is Christen an der Seite Israels Schweiz. Today, Philip van den Berg, President of Christen an der Seite Israels Schweiz, organized a very special remembrance event with Pf. Cornelis Kant (Theologian and Director ‘Christians for Israel International) and Holocaust survivors Shlomo Graber and Carl J. Flesh in Zurich.
During this event, I took photos of people who supported the #WeRemember campaign. Their pictures were shared on social media and can also be found below.
Equipment: Nikon D750 – Tamron 28-75
Russian Orthodox Epiphany Celebration Lake Zurich
Last Saturday, January 6, I was party to a very special event at Lake Zurich. The Russian Orthodox church in Zurich was celebrating Epiphany. Epiphany marks two events in the life of Jesus Christ: the visit of the Magi to Jesus in the stable in Bethlehem, and the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.
Inspired by this event, members of the Russian Orthodox church traditionally celebrate this by submersion into lakes or rivers blessed by Orthodox priests. Last Saturday members of the Russian Orthodox congregation in Zurich decided to use Lake Zurich for this purpose.
It was a beautiful service; even though I am a convinced protestant, I felt completely included.
Equipment: Nikon D750 – Tamron 28-75
Photoshoot Europaallee Zurich
Had a lot of fun doing a photoshoot with Willy Flor at the Europaallee in Zurich earlier this week!
Equipment: Nikon D750 – Tamron 28-75
Christmas Lighting Bahnhofstrasse Zurich
The Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich (Switzerland) is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world. Every year iconic lighting is installed for the Christmas period. Here are some pictures I took when it was raining, to capture the reflection of the lights on the wet streets. Again I was very grateful that my Nikon D750 and Tamron 35 1.8 lens are weatherproof…
Photoshoot Opera Singer Operahaus Zurich
Early July I did a photoshoot with a very talented opera singer in the neighbourhood of the Operahaus in Zurich. The weather was with us and showed Zurich (and the singer) at their best.
Pictures taken with Nikon D750, Nikkor 80 mm 1.8 and Tamron 28-75 mm 2.8 lenses. Recorded in Raw, post-processed with Adobe Lightroom.
