There are 7 posts tagged Tremola (this is page 1 of 1).
7:00 p.m.: Waiting for the dark.
7:30 p.m.: Waiting for traffic.
8:00 p.m.: Waiting for traffic.
8:30 p.m.: Waiting for traffic.
Read here why you never should give up waiting.
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Still blown away by the breathtaking scenery and happy with this photograph I headed back to the campsite on the small plain right above the uppermost hairpin bend of the Tremola. I was glad to have set up my tent earlier this afternoon – btw: can you spot it? – and the idea of cuddling into my comfortable down sleeping bag made me smile.
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When I finally decided to change my location for the long exposure of the old Tremola I picked up my tripod and camera and slowly followed the dark path below the new Gotthard pass road back to the Gotthard hospice. Passing by the dark pillars of the road (it’s some kind of open tunnel) and the scary deep black hollow spaces between them I heard silent footsteps behind me, probably my own echo? – and some waterdrops falling down from the road above. It was like a creepy demonic vampire horror movie! Probably due to my darkest fears and nervousness I turned around every now and then – admittedly at least every ten meters – to make sure there was nobody or nothing behind me.
And there it was.
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I am so happy to announce my newest Art Photo Zine – Tremola!
Tremola is the name of the world-famous pass road to the Gotthard Pass in the heart of Switzerland.
Ticino, Switzerland. Photo storytelling, 11 October 2019.
Especially during the summer months the frenzy of thousands of cars on the highway heading north comes to an abrupt end as they get stuck in the omnipresent traffic jam south of the 16.8 km long Gotthard Road Tunnel (map, Wikipedia), which connects the swiss-italian part with the swiss-german part of Switzerland.
This time we wanted to make it better and decided for slow travelling to the North having a break here and there and everywhere, avoiding the motorway and taking our time.
Did you know the Denti della Vecchia, the massive geological mountain formation near Lugano – a true hiking and bouldering paradise? In all those years I must have made thousands of images of the beautiful Denti della Vecchia – but today the scenery was absolutely spectacular with the sunrays and shadows in the sky.
