• BBC StoryWorks-Shaanxi

    Shaanxi Province and Xi`an

    A 14 day photography tour in Shaanxi Province China 2020 was definitely not my favorite year for a while, but then I received unexpected news. And since then there has been light again at the end of the tunnel. Nachricht von BBC StoryWorks The news was from BBC StoryWorks. Whether I am interested in an order for a photo report. Destination: The Chinese province of Shaanxi and its capital Xi`an. And whether it was me, because since “Corona” had broken out in early 2020, I had not left Beijing. That’s why I was all the more excited about a new adventure. Only a few days after the commitment to BBC…

  • Die Hutongs von Peking

    Hutong Islands

    The most beautyful part of Beijing I remember, when I moved to Beijing in April 2019. The arrival was not easy but the Hutongs in Beijing were my salvation. The following gives a little impression of my first days in the capital of China: Beijing Arrival Beijing. A big city jungle. Crowds, skyscrapers, sheet metal avalanches and lots of noise. So much noise. It stinks of smog. I feel like an ant, trying desperately on its way home to not be crushed by the rolling mass. The problem is – I do not have a home! When I accepted the job offer in Beijing, I knew there would be an…

  • Shalanaya

    Psytrance Festival in China Dreamland Shalanaya “Come on – be part of the dreamland Shalanaya!” With this sentence the organizer attracts the visitors and I immediately know: “I want to go there!” It is September 24, 2018 and a special festival is being celebrated in China. The moon festival. It is a Thanksgiving Day and the second most important after the Chinese New Year. For the Chinese, the moon festival means one thing above all: family reunion and harmony. It is against this background that the Open Air Festival was born seven years ago: Shalanaya, the Psytrance Festival in China. Love and harmony are in the foreground and psytrance music…