The square format has proven to be optimal for me over 25 years to express my photographic ideas. At the beginning of 2025, I discovered the potential of the panorama format for my topic Solitude. It provides additional freedom for well-thought (but not arranged) “snapshots”. The two facets of being alone (independence or loneliness) can thus be ideally displayed. Below a selection of older and newer photographs:

Whether a picture with a single person is perceived as an expression of independence or loneliness often depends on the individual experience, e.g. in a restaurant

on the way home

at the train station

at home in the apartment

When fishing

photographing

painting

bouncing

skydiving

or cycling

At the lake

on the beach

on the diving tower

or when hiking.

While making music

in the museum

or when skateboarding

Being alone has nothing to do with the presence or absence of other people. Even among many people, everyone can be alone.

And sometimes you’d prefer to be alone:-o

Panoramas are particularly suitable for showing the independence of the birds in contrast to rigid structures, such as the raven with the nut in its beak

the duck entering the river

the seagull in the shopping gallery

or when passing the cubic buildings.

When taking a rest

or when starting or landing