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Two weathered giant stone hands lifting the Golden Bridge out of the mist at Ba Na Hills

PLACES

Photography & Visual Journeys

by Norman Stoske

Cities. Roads. Architecture. Moments. A visual journal of places, perspectives and journeys.

No stock, no AI, no filters beyond the light that was there. Every frame is a place I stood in, mostly between projects, often before breakfast.

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Issue 02

The Golden Bridge at Ba Na Hills disappearing into dense fog, a giant stone hand holding the walkway

North to South

Vietnam

Fifteen days. One country, top to bottom. Fog, gold and the last light.

Vietnam 15 Days 2,100 km

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Journeys

Illuminated Downtown Dubai towers reflected in the lagoon at night

Burj Khalifa at night with a mirrored heart sculpture in the foreground

Issue 03 · United Arab Emirates

Dubai & Abu Dhabi

A skyline built to be photographed at night. And a ceiling that is the main event.

Red S-Bahn train passing the Charité building in evening light, the TV tower on the horizon

Towering illuminated shelf wall of specimen jars in the natural history museum’s wet collection

Issue 04 · Home

Berlin

The city between projects. Museums after hours, trains at dusk, towers rising.

Milan Cathedral seen from a rooftop terrace, pinnacles against the sky, the square with people below

Marble relief of a praying face with flowing hair on the facade of Milan Cathedral

Issue 05 · Marble, Concrete, Red Light

Milan

Three days. Marble on the roof, concrete at San Siro, red light in a tunnel.

Corner of the Parthenon on the Acropolis under cirrus clouds, Doric columns from a low angle

Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in side light, six sculpted women carrying the roof

Issue 06 · Stone and Light

Athens & Meteora

Two and a half thousand years of stone, read as lines, rhythm and shadow.

Dubrovnik city wall walkway curving along the coast, the Adriatic and islands beyond

Red basketball courts wedged between Dubrovnik old-town walls and terracotta roofs, seen from the city wall

Issue 07 · Dubrovnik to Split

Adriatic

A city drawn by its walls, a grotto dripping since 1502, a tower always in the gap.

Retired oil rig above turquoise water and a rocky shoreline under cumulus clouds

Illuminated oil rig at blue hour anchored off the coast, its lights reflected in the sea

Issue 08 · Industry meets Postcard

Curaçao

Oil rigs parked in turquoise water. A wreck on a coral island. Fireworks over a yellow church.

Issue 01 · In production

Alps to Monaco

Five days. Four countries. Endless mountain roads. Austria · Italy · Switzerland · France.

Selected places

Frames that decided where the next journey goes.

Dubrovnik city wall walkway curving along the coast, the Adriatic and islands beyond — DubrovnikCroatia

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with its glass dome and mosaic floor, almost empty — MilanItaly

Corner of the Parthenon on the Acropolis under cirrus clouds, Doric columns from a low angle — AthensGreece

Illuminated Downtown Dubai towers reflected in the lagoon at night — DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

Deep orange sunset over the sea with a red sun on the horizon and two small fishing boats — Phu QuocVietnam

Illuminated oil rig at blue hour anchored off the coast, its lights reflected in the sea — CuraçaoCuraçao

Red S-Bahn train passing the Charité building in evening light, the TV tower on the horizon — BerlinGermany

Meteora monastery of the Holy Trinity on a free-standing rock pillar above a green valley, mountains behind — MeteoraGreece

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About

Norman Stoske

Photographer & Creative Director, Berlin. Architecture, places, perspectives, travel, automotive, objects.

PLACES is the part of the work that has no client: the journal of what the camera sees when it is not on a job. Published by We Love 2 Design, the agency I run in Berlin.