Hello again

I’m not dead, even if I sometimes wonder why. I would like to apologize my long silence, but you would not believe what happened the last weeks. And I won’t tell you. But like my uncle Sascha used to say: Let’s see the results. I earned enough to produce a documentary picture about Liberty City now.

I made a little film yesterday, I shot it one day from the early morning to the late evening and edited it at night. Thanks to Roman, who made the pictures of me. The Film is a finger exercise to learn about my camera and the editing program. The song I found on an old mixed tape called "Hits nobody bought".

Drive-by Shootings

I was wondering how I can connect my job with my artistic activities, when I heard about David Bradford, who is a cab driver in New York, what seems to be quite similar to Liberty City. David was at the Rhode Island School of Design, me not, so I tried copy him, as a method to learn from him. David is a role model for me, I really admire his work. Under each pic you find a link to the original.

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Taxidriver

Being a cabdriver in Liberty is a great job, especially at rainy nights. Cruising around in an “Albany”, guided by the warm voice of the route guidance system, feeling the rhythm of a city that never sleeps, while thousands of colored lights reflect on the splashy road, windshield wipers slapping offbeat to Charlie Parkers “Night And Day” on the radio. Enjoying the breathtaking view while crossing East Borough Bridge, lost in thought on Dukes Boulevard, past is what you see in the driving mirror. Of course all customers are crazy, but who cares?

Slideshow

Kurts second name is spelled Kreikenbom, only one "o"!
More about Kurt.

Roman and me at the beach

Had a nice afternoon with my cousin Roman at the beach. You can see him on the pic above. I had some trouble the last days and decided to switch off my mobile, because I can't say "no" when someone asks me for help. Openly spoken Roman was the reason for my trouble, but at this afternoon it was like in the old days, when we were children.
Unfortunately the camera I bought is trash. It is not possible to plug it into the computer to edit the material. But I work on it. I have so many ideas for a shortfilm about LC.

Look at the bright side!

While I'm not working, I still feel like a tourist, I think the pics do show that a little bit. Believe it or not, but I am still to shy, to ask people if I can take a picture of them. My English is not too bad, but, I don't know, it is still a little bit strange to live in the "land of opportunity". The guy with the sax is from St. Petersburg, we talked a little bit. He used to play in big orchestras, but paying is better on the streets here. Crazy world.

Northern Gardens: I like this place at the seaside. Looks a little bit like home (years ago, when we still had a seaside).

Middle Park: Most famous public park in the world. Very nice!

Westdyke: Sunsets are always touching my romantic side. I should sell the pic as a wallpaper.

Middle Park: Sunrise (!) looks nice to.

Meadows Park (Underground Station)

Tomorrow I have to work all day I'm my cousins cab. I would like to buy a cheap video camera I found in china town.

Hello everybody

I am in Liberty for two days now, and everything still seems a little bit unreal to me. But here is the proof. Me, wearing the Statue-of- Happiness-Sweat-Shirt in front of the incredible skyline. I will take some photos the next days, I would like to show you, that Liberty City is more than criminals and theft auto and so on. It is full of beautiful spots.
I hope you will enjoy my blog, which should show an immigrants view on US and especially on this fantastic city.