siegen Archives - Jan Söhlke Photography

4 Jul 2024

BOOM!

by Jan | posted in: Food & Beverage, P52, Personal Work, Product & Still Life | 0

A few days ago I wanted to get a small chocolaty gift at Siegen’s Naschwerk and read that “This Shop is Closed”. When looking online for which one was open, I learned that they had all closed due to bankruptcy. And Boom! Siegen’s already utterly bleak food scene has become even more barren.

What makes the end of a four generation era dating back to 1912 even more heartbraking is the end of the message Markus Podzimek, the owner of Naschwerk, posted online: comments were closed due to the harsh reactions they experienced on social media. WTF.... READ MORE

4 Nov 2023

Composer & Organist Martin Herchenröder

by Jan | posted in: P52, Portrait | 0

Composer, organist and music professor Martin Herchenröder at the historical Martinikirche in Siegen.

Martin Herchenröder komponierend am Flügel

We met early in the morning and while I was setting up the planned shot at the piano, Martin Herchenröder played the organ. I noticed the gorgeous light he was sitting in, so in addition to the planned shot showing him as a composer at the piano, I came home with one of him as an organist, too. ... READ MORE

6 Jul 2023

Cycling in a City of Cars

by Jan | posted in: Editorial, Lifestyle, Outdoor, P52, Portrait | 0

On a bad day it can feel like everything is an obstacle, but on a good day you’re just flying through traffic!

1 Jul 2023

Camera Obscura

by Jan | posted in: Architecture, P52 | 0

Experimenting with a Camera Obscura, the mother of all cameras.

In the BTS below you can see how the church is projected onto a bedsheet through a metal washer I placed into the cardboard used to darken the study. ... READ MORE

9 Jun 2023

At Work: Linh Duong Blumenkunst Siegen

by Jan | posted in: At Work, Commission, Corporate & Industrial, Editorial, P52, Portrait | 0

Florist Linh Duong of Linh Duong Blumenkunst Siegen at work.

26 Feb 2023

Fast enough

by Jan | posted in: Editorial, Lifestyle, Outdoor, P52 | 0

“If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough” (M. Andretti).

Der nächste Sprung endete vorm Baum und ich war – einmal mehr – froh, dass Heike dabei war.

5 Jan 2023

Naschwerk-Schokolade

by Jan | posted in: Food & Beverage, Photography, Product & Still Life | 0

Obwohl es zwei Tage vor heilig Abend war und somit die engste Zeit des Jahres, nahm Maître Chocolatier Markus Podzimek vom Naschwerk sich spontan Zeit, mir die besten Stücke herauszusuchen. “Boom!” wurde sogar eigens in die Produktion geschoben. – Vielen Dank!