Sichten est plus qu’une accumulation de points de vues; plutôt des moments retenus, hors-temps, hors contexte. Ces vues {Sichten}, prises dans des endroits et à des moments différents, se renvoient l’une l’autre, témoins d’un même espace. Il y a ces grandes amplitudes de ciel, tel un signe d’ouverture et comme seul repère à ces images aux contextes divers. Il y a ces présences tout-à-fait anodines, mais inattendues dans ces vues: des objets de facture humaine de toute sorte, oubliés, laissés-pour-compte, décalés face à ces paysages vides. C’est du passage de l’homme dont il s’agit, de sa trace; de sa présence ancrée dans la nature. Ses signes offerts au vent, voire, aux dieux, abandonnés à leur destin bizarre, donnent lieu à des interférances de toutes sortes avec cette nature immémorielle.
Man in the middle of reeds, seen from afar. Peacock island, Potsdam, Germany.
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Snowy landscape in March, Peacock Island, near Potsdam, Germany.
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Landscape with trees and green grass, with a coastal view. The Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Two women sitting on the ground, seen from behind, on a tree-lined hill, looking at the horizon. Genevan countryside, Switzerland.
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Series of sky blue beach cabins, opposite sand dunes. Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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View of minor alps with ski-lift mecanisms in the foreground, in summer. Alps, Haute Savoie, France.
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Solitary truck on the Aubrac Plateau, Massif Central, France.
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Solitary national flag overlooking the plains of Aubrac, Massif Central, France.
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Landscape, hay field, Genevan countryside.
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Red rose attached to the remains of a tree on the beach - in memory of what? Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Little ephemeral construction with red string (which may have once been tied to a balloon), in a turbulent, windy landscape. Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Young man leaning back, in front of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
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German, Swiss, French and European flags floating in the wind on the edge of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
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A little girl's cap left on top of a 'mast', on a beach. Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Blue beach cabins. Darss Peninsula, Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Palazzo and garden with statues in the fog, Cannero, Northern Italy.
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Dialogue between two plastic chairs (that were once white), facing the sea on a beach in the Darss Peninsula. Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Trees on the west coast of the Darss Peninsula. Baltic Sea, Northern Germany.
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Cross and pilgrims on the Napoleon route towards Spain. Pyrénées, Compostella trail, France.
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Pilgrim on the trail, with view over Spanish valleys after the hill at the French/Spanish border, in the Pyrenées, Compostella trail, Spain.
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