"It's a sad and beautiful world" - my recently self-published photobook - is available in a 1st edition limited to 30 copies. It features a series of 52 black & white street photographs from my home country and various travels. If you want to order a copy, just give me a shout: info@shootingcandid.com.

„It’s a sad and beautiful world“, 2015
Paperback | 68 pages | 52 Photographs | black & white | matte
Landscape format | 21 x 14,8 cm | 8,2 x 5,8 inch
1st edition | 30 copies | stamped & numbered
11 € plus shipping costs | 2 € Euro Germany | 4 € International | payment via bank transfer / paypal

There's a new 4-page-feature (headline: "Wundersamer Alltag") about "VIA!" project in the current issue (March/April) of German print photography magazine "Fotoforum" (http://www.fotoforum.de).

“VIA! – Street Photography from Hamburg to Palermo“ is a cross-national street photography project, which started in fall 2014 as a cooperation with Goethe-Institute. 5 photographers from Italy and 5 from Germany observe everyday life in their home area for the period of one year and document their discoveries on a bilingual blog. The outcome of the project will be shown as a travelling exhibition, starting early 2015 in Rome.

Die besten Geschichten schreibt das Leben selbst. Sie liegen sprichwörtlich auf der Straße und warten darauf, (auf-)gelesen und weitererzählt zu werden. Gemeinsam mit neun weiteren Straßenfotografen versuche ich, besondere Alltagsepisoden zwischen Norddeutschland und Sizilien aufzuspüren, um sie für andere sicht- und erlebbar zu machen. Mehr...

52 Wochen, 10 Perspektiven, 2 Nationen– im Rahmen von „Via!“ setzen sich jeweils fünf Straßenfotografen aus Italien und Deutschland über den Zeitraum eines Jahres mit dem Alltagsleben in ihrer Heimat auseinander und dokumentieren dieses in einem Blog.

„VIA! – street photography from Hamburg to Palermo“ „VIA! – street photography from Hamburg to Palermo“ is a cross-national street photography project started in October 2014. For a period of 52 weeks photographers from Italy and Germany observe daily life in their home zone.

"Via! Il progetto condiviso da 5 fotografi di strada italiani e 5 tedeschi per 10 prospettive su due Nazioni, on the road da Amburgo a Palermo. Via, via, vieni via con me, entra in questo amore buio pieno di uomini." Read more on Clickblog.it