People – Page 2 – Passion for Photos

Paparazzo

Every summer for six weeks the town of Bayreuth is in festival mode. It was the home of Richard Wagner and already in 1876 he started performing his own operas in a purpose built opera house, which is only used in the time of the festival. It was Richard Wagners idea that the performances ought to be accessible for everybody, but notwithstanding the high prices the availability of tickets is low. In past years, the ordinary visitors had to wait for up to ten years to get a ticket. This has changed. The theater outside the theater is at least as interesting as inside.

Ahoi!

Vergangenes Wochenende feierte Schöningen, die älteste Stadt unserer Region, den 1275. Stadtgeburtstag mit einem großen Mittelalter-Spektakel. Viele Besucher kamen kostümiert, so wie dieser Pirat.

Last weekend Schöningen, the oldest town in our region, celebrated its 1275th birthday with a big medieval spectacle. Many visitors came in costume, like this pirate.

Merry go round

The popular merry go round at the annual theater festival Parade in The Hague always offers interesting possibilities for photos

The joy of a little present

Children enjoy their balloons in a temple in Tokyo

Street Musicians (2)

I could not really decide which pictures to show, so here is another post with street musicians

Street Musicians

In his book “Down and Out in Paris and London”, George Orwell distinguishes between two types of beggars: the ordinary who just wants money, and those noble ones, who actually give a service for the gift. Street musicians really are part of the second group. And in winter this can be tough….

Speed (2)

Torino in Italy is a motor town. Last summer they had a display of race cars in the pedestrian zone.

Women

My answer to Peter’s latest post: women in India

Carnival in Venice (2)

Another scan from an old slide taken during the carnival in Venice in 1984

Rainy days

The second week of January brought an exceptional amount of rain to the Netherlands. Railways had to shut down and motorways were blocked, basements ended up filled with water. Saturday, January 14th did not see a dry minute. I tried to capture the atmosphere at one of the saturday markets. Lack of light and foggy lenses are a challenge.