You cannot reduce being into non-being. Life is a process of change. Without changing, life is impossible. Once you accept that with joy, there is no fear. That is the practice of looking deeply. - Thich Nhat Hanh
Photo-Schweiz 2023
The Wildcards for the Photo-Schweiz has been released. I’m pleased to be chosen by Noemi Gamliel and I will be showcasing a small body of work from January 06 - 10 2023 at the Photo-Schweiz in Zurich,.
Comeback der Analogfotografie im Boardsport - Leica Blog
Leica Camera did an interview with me to talk about Photographing Boardsports with the Leica M System on Film. 5 of those pictures will be showcased at the Leica Store Zürich from October 20.
Read the article here.
Vernissage & Exhibition at the Leica Store Zürich
“In seiner Fotografie hat sich Fabian Scheidegger auf Schwarzweiss-Fotos mit Filmkameras spezialisiert. Viel zum Zug kommt dabei seine Leica M6. Am 20. Oktober eröffnet seine Ausstellung im Leica Store Zürich und Sie können sich über die analoge Art zu Fotografieren mit Fabian Scheidegger austauschen.” Leica Switzerland
Larry Choppins - Cloudless
The next Track off Larry Choppin’s new Project is out!
Listen to it here!
The Secret Anniversaries of the Heart
“The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart,
The secret anniversaries of the heart...”
Oh Those Summer Days
A sticky breeze.
Wild, salty air.
Fresh morning swell.
Coffee steam.
Wet tents.
The sun is heating up.
Swell check.
This is the day.
Nature's View
Standing bold.
Holding Middle Fingers Up.
It’s a statement.
We get it.
Love you.
Lover
You make my heart open up like a butterfly.
Good and Evil, side by side.
Shame and pride and everything beside.
A Jar full of inspiration and love.
Your energies is the calling from up above.
Larry Choppins - Those Days
Larry Choppins is a Lo-Fi / Trip Hip producer based in Thun, Switzerland. Through various connections he earned his Name in the Gerne and is regularly featured in Spotify Playlists all around the world. While the music industry is changing so is his approach. After releasing his newest LP in 2021, Larry Choppins want to release one Song at a time, without any deadline until he feels like there’s an Album put together. For each Song we will release a unique Photograph to accompany as the cover of the track. Each Photograph will be printed on Postcards including a Barcode where you’ll be able to listen to each piece.
“Those Days” - the first Single will be released on every platform on March 18th.
Ventilated Simplicity
We’re living in a world of complexity.
Everything we do we need to weigh on it. Is it worth?
But more important: Is is right?
Is it the turn I want to take at the crossroads in my life?
This are the questions I ask myself all the time while I’m taking a sip from my fresh brewed Coffee.
And there it is, simplicity.
A balance of Acidity and Earthy flavors, notes of sweet chocolate and fresh flowers.
As my mind catapults into euphoria I can see that life doesn’t has to be over thought.
Sometimes a little simplicity is all we need to see certain circumstances more clearly.
HERMANO'S MAGAZINE ISSUE #2 OUT NOW!!
It’s here!! Hermano’s Magazine Issue #2 - A different kind of newsletter: The Magazine is filled with Stories and Photographs of special People who are part of the Hermano’s Brew Journey. There are 150 physical copies living everywhere where you can buy Hermano’s Brew Coffee (doodah Bern, doodah Luzern, Floating Art & Tattoo, La Buvette, NOMAD atélier, Rod3, 90° Hair Studio, Approved Distribution). You can aswell download the digital version here for free! Ain’t that good News!? Issue #2 is super exciting as it is the first one we were working with a bunch of different contributors such as: Dionys Gartwyl, Robert Voss and again with Daniela Schmied who designed the cover and a lot of the Artwork seen in the Magazine. Check it out!
everything new.
Here we are, new day, new year, new dawn.
We’re gonna do so much better.
We’re gonna emerge as human beings.
We’re gonna take good care of our selves and others.
Because it’s page Ø. Again. Blank. Empty space to be filled by our doing.
Or aren’t we?
Just asking.
In the still of the Morning
True freedom lies in the stillness of each moment. All we have to do is listen.
The Dancing Field
In the dancing field,
where the snow falls,
the waters melt & the woods sound,
we find comfort in the moving winds.
In the forest, the leaves and the soil,
we touch ground with ourselves.
In our heart we find love.
We find peace.
We find happiness.
Café Hommage: THE COFFEE DRINKING CACTUS
How a Surftrip and some Donavon Frankenreiter inspired a Coffee Brand Logo.
The creative process is influenced by countless conscious or subconscious observations and experiences. This wasn’t any different in terms of the Coffee Drinking Cactus Logo: A travel to Asia and Indonesia, countless Coffee Shop Visits, hours of good Surf music and a bunch of inspirational people was mostly responsible for the origin.
There's usually a lot going on in Daniela Schmied's head. The creative thoughts seem to never stop or take a pause. Drawing with brushes and pencils, she recently expands her mind with a digital toy she can easily carry anywhere she goes.
The Moustache got highly inspired by Donavon Frankenreiter.
The Coffee drinking Cactus became the logo and mascot for Hermano’s Brew and can be found on several Coffee, Stickers and Shirt designs. He lately even made it on a Skateboard for a Collaboration with Approved Line Skateboards.
San Juan de Pacifico
Tall pine trees reaching through the hills.
The air cools down as the smell changes it’s endless capacity of scents.
The sun paints the horizon in it’s brightest reds, blues and yellows.
The moon above is already showing himself, protecting all of nature.
Everything is so clear now.
We are all there is, and that’s all we are.
The Stinking Shoe
This is for all the people who stuck with “it” for years. The times you tried to convince me to get rid of it.
The Car Rides, the hotel rooms, the homes that were filled over the years with the wet, acidity smell.
Brought back from Cali, some six years ago. Because, why not. Right?
Shoe laces worn out, forming a loose, rasta like dreadlock have been replaced.
Desinfection spray, special Ski - & Snowboard Boot driers, nights spent on the balcony… Nothing could erase the scent until abandoned in a foreclosed room.
Many time I tried to replace, but could never find a rightful replacement.
So here we are, one more season on our tongues. From frosty temperatures to slushy conditions. Still wet when I slip my toes into it.
This if for you my old friend. See you next year. Maybe. Almost positive.
Sorry guys.
Blast Anxiety
The Channel of the pipe is glowing in a dull, gloomy light.
The morning Sun.
A couple hours ago she rose so promising over the mighty appearing Panoramic picture of Grindelwald.
Now she’s suddenly disappearing and the contrast is vanishing along with it.
Where does this anxiety coming from? The fear of not being enough, of not being liked by the persons I’m just about to meet. The people that gave me that assignment to shoot some pictures for the Jungfrau Region in exchange for a small sponsorship for my personal Snowboard Project.
But this is not the time for soul searching right now.
A couple of runs to clear my head. To get the knees warmed up. Shoot some frames of black and white film with my Buddy and Filmer Clément Schwab, then we’re heading to the spot and get our settings done.
Mother nature is in our good spirits today as she shows up and rags the haze apart.
There it goes, my anxiety vanished into void. I found my soul.
