In spring 2025, I traveled through Azerbaijan with my brother — from the wind-swept streets of Baku to remote villages tucked behind the mountains. This post captures the spirit of the journey through street portraits and everyday scenes: coppersmiths at work, shared smiles at roadside cafés, men playing traditional games in the streets. Most conversations were non-verbal, but the warmth of the encounters spoke for itself.

JJ Beeme's SoulScape video 'Desatino' uses Mexico photos taken bv Ralf Steinberger and Gabi Breitenbach. Available on YouTube.

Photos of the fascinating Scottish Highlands, marked by sparse population, treeless mountains, stunning cliffs, castles, ruins and clouds.

Photographic memories of a trip to Ukraine's capital Kyiv before the Russian-Ukrainian war started. People, religion, architecture, ...

Photo diary of our road trip in March 2022 through the ex-Soviet country Georgia, focusing on abandoned buildings and Soviet architecture.

Ralf Steinberger's photos taken on the Cape Verdean island of Sal. See pictures of charming people, wonderful beaches, colourful houses etc.

Photo diary while the brothers Wolf and Ralf travelled through the Baltic countries Latvia and Lithuania in August 2021.

Photos of the exciting and attractive Italian city of Bologna showing its monuments, its long history and its street life.

Another splendid Venice Carnival year with Corona virus warning, Baroque aristocracy, wild parties, Murano glass, enchanted locations, ...

Photos from the Munich Oktoberfest 'Beer Festival', showing interesting characters, colourful traditional Bavarian clothes, good mood, ...

The new album on my website shows photos of the Northern-Spanish city of Bilbao: night life, people, museums, architecture, food.

Photos of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, built by architect Frank Gehry, and of some of its art installations.

I just love Spanish tapas, both for the food and for the very sociable (and loud) way of eating. People often stand at the bar or cluster...

In the Coccarde Camarguaise, the bull does not get harmed physically. The toreros' task is to remove some strings from the bull's horns....

When I am at the beach, I cannot not think of humorous British photographer Martin Parr.