Gera, Germany

In the five years I worked in Gera, I never took many photographs of the town itself. These photos were taken on 16 May 2002 on the grounds of a church a couple of minutes from our school. The black ribbons hanging from the tree commemorate the Erfurt massacre of 26 April 2002, when Robert Steinhäuser shot dead thirteen teachers, two students and a police officer. It was a difficult time for students and teachers alike, as tragedies like Columbine seemed now very real and close: Erfurt is only 100 km from Gera, and 50 from Jena, where I live.

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Jena Paradies

From a trip to Jena Paradies.

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Graffiti in Jena, May 2002

From a trip down to Jena Paradies.

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Up the hill

A few pictures of Jena…

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Bonki

Stayed the night at ESO after ESA6's graduation. A couple of us went back in after the ceremony, and I took a couple of photos of Bonki…

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Graffiti in Jena, March 2002

A few new shots from Jahnstraße.

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The Pets

Yes, they have odd names, but they were odd pets. Whiskers was a paranoid semi-feral cat with no teeth, for example. And we’ve had pets with odder names. My favourite was that of a stone-deaf albino cat which we just called White Thing…

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