New York: Taking the Staten Island Ferry
One of the few cost-free attractions New York has to offer: the Staten Island Ferry.
This photo was taken shortly before arrival at the terminal.
February 20, 2004
Random post from the past:
Boy with tin drum at the Louvre
When looking for reflections of the Louvre in the windows of the Louvre, I realized a little figure sitting precariously high under the windows of the world's most famous museum. Only when looking at him through my tele lens, I realized that this was art - not suicidal behaviour. I wonder how many times a day the police are called to help? Presumably it's just a reference to Günter Grass' Oskar Matzerath from the "tin drum". Enlarged view of the boy with his tin drum. ...