This photo was taken at Hellersdorf metro station. I like the colors—they capture a feeling of stillness. That sense of calm went hand-in-hand with my determination to frame the arriving metro train in the middleContinue readingMetro train window

This scene unfolded right in the middle of the street: a red cube wedged between the cobblestones. How many little circumstances had to align for that cube to end up there? When I returned toContinue readingStreet style dice of three eyes

The metro train sits with its doors open. It’s striking that F-series trains are still running—like the one in this scene. Their very presence, dating back to the 1970s–1990s, conjures a wave of nostalgia. InContinue readingUbahn (Metro train) from the past in the now

Which year—indeed, which era—does this picture transport us to? At Warschauer Straße S-Bahn station, looking toward Ostbahnhof, we’re presented with a triad of S-Bahn trains. (Shelly, May’25, ISO 400, Color, Digital-Pre-Scan)

This picture’s visual language is defined entirely by lines. Only the cleaner hints at any sense of space within the composition, providing an anchor—a single fixed point. (Shelly, May’25, ISO 400, Color, Digital-Pre-Scan)

These bicycles are tightly wrapped up, almost held in place. The photo was taken on Hubertusstraße in Berlin-Lichtenberg. The way the tangle of undergrowth weaves around the bikes makes time itself feel both present andContinue readingScrub and bikes in love

This photo was taken in a courtyard in Berlin-Lichtenberg. The playground’s layout and composition are so fragmented, so out of place. I find the setting oppressive—almost morbid. The image gives me a horror vibe. (Shelly,Continue readingMorbid playground backyard

At 41 Fanningerstraße in Berlin-Lichtenberg, an unused plot has been sitting here for over a decade. The gate, the architecture, and the thick vegetation all testify to a curious sense of permanence in a neighborhoodContinue readingFragment of the turn of the century