Ben Wilhelmi

Paris, street photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York, street photography

 

Ground Zero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The usual cancer seekers in the cold.

 

people in Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paris, some street photography

 

 

 

is this love or showing off at all costs? The saddle on this kind of Harley is next to nonexistent: 10x10x15cm. It might be OK for a ride in town but for long trips, I can’t believe the guy has an easy time to convince his chick to go along.

 

 

 

up to 34C in July this year. Some pushed their luck in sunbathing….

 

 

Road side photography in Kenya

 

Size matters….advertising signs get bigger and bigger in Africa.

 

 

 

General shop…?

 

 

 

 

Africa, one thinks bright colors. Add some rains in a slum and even this “Amazing Grace Cafe ” looks duller and more miserable.

 

Ebenezer…I should check what the story is in the Bible. I’ve seen that name and some quotations too on bus wind shields.

aerial photography, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Natron, aerial shots

 

Located in the Rift valley, northern Tanzania.

 

 

 

 

 

Street pictures, Paris

 

She was aiming at the Eiffel Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initially this piece of art was found in a book, a landscape presentation of WW 1 sceneries. A large and long drawing without interruption to be unfolded on a long table for instance. Then the project to cover a whole wall in a metro station, Montparnasse, was proposed and here we are. A fresco spanning on a few dozen meters. Check the artist: Joe Sacco. Already on Wikipedia.

Zanzibar, street photography

 

 

 

 

Local women on the beach. Forget bikinis…

 

 

 

Ben Bella , rom Algeria to Stonetowm, quite a fame.

 

 

I feel like a traitor but I used a smartphone and have to admit the results are quite good. That will never replace a real camera but as a notepad, it is a good tool.

Street photography, Arusha

 

 

 

 

Street sellers, there are thousands of them in town, oops “city” they claim…

 

 

Busted or lucky? Even when the car is fully in order, a surprise can still happen….

 

On the road, USA

 

At least he listened to his Mom and wears a helmet….

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paris, street photography

 

Paris, this summer, a new camera to try out, stunning weather, great walks and exhibitions, perfect company…

French man?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leica M8 at work, great tool for street photography as all the Leica M’s. I didn’t sell my M6, don’t worry, and plan to keep on using it.

Aerial pictures in Tanzania

 

Perfect glassy water on top and a delta below on Lake Natron.

 

 

 

 

Top of Mt Kitumbeine.

scenes in Tanzania

 

 

 

 

Cell phones! Everywhere in Tanzania. Even if the networks don’t yet cover the whole territory, these guys know to which hill or area to run to and get a signal.

 

 

aerial pictures, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

street photography, Paris

 

 

 

 

sad…Paris the fashion capital they say.

 

 

Lake Natron, B/W aerial photography

 

 

 

 

Germany, street photography

 

I started photography in 1987 with a wonderful 35mm Minolta X700. Cologne, where I spent much of my holidays, looked much more alive than Brussels for instance.

 

 

 

 

Dar es salaam, rains, street pictures

 

 

 

 

White players seem more favored than African ones…not a shortage though.

 

 

 

one gay pride in Brussels

 

around 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

B/W portraits in the bush, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

Burma, B/W film street photography

 

May 2004, I had taken my brand new Leica for a walk. Since my skills in Burmese are pretty limited I had no idea the water festival was going on full blast. Everybody being cheerful I was a prime target, I was the only tourist in the crowd apparently. Don’t think being wet will calm people. No they keep on throwing water at each other all day long. The vehicles here just queue in front of hose stands, and as if the hoses were not enough, bystanders give a help too. Look at the woman in the forefront, she seems dedicated. Great day in the end. I bet the people are releasing a year of frustration under the dictatorship.

 

Yes, in Rangoon some youngsters get the western influence.

 

 

 

 

 

I didn’t find Burmese food appetizing. At all. I was glad there were Indian and Chinese communities around.

 

Leica M6 and various B/W films.

lake Natron, aerials in B/W

 

 

Natron is salt lake in the Rift Valley, Tanzania. Some rivulets flow through the salt sand banks.

 

 

 

Outreach clinics, Flying Medical Service

 

26 airstrips near remote villages are parts of the Flying Medical Service schedules.

 

Scales, either on a branch or on the wing hook.

 

A serious patient was brought to us. Right away the doctor decided to give fluids.

 

 

Ngorongoro Highlands, and volcano Lengai in the Rift Valley.

 

A rare dull day on lake Natron.

lake Natron, aerials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street pictures, Arusha

 

Wigs and hair extension are big business around. Sitting hours for one hair job is common and thus creates good social bonds.

 

 

 

El Che, as everywhere in the world, his picture is misused.