Kitchen in the house of the "Amchi" (doctor) of Nurla, Ladakh, India, 1981
Carpenters in the mountain village of Nurla, Ladakh, 1981
Peasant children in front of Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh 1981
Tibetan pilgrims resting near Birithani, 1982
Carefully looking at the stranger with the camera, Gujarat 1982
Farmers threshing barley, Lamayuru, Ladakh, 1981
Table soccer in the Tibetan children's monastery in Dharamsala, India 1982
My analog Christmas card from the Himalayas, Nepal 1981
Washing without a private bathroom, New Delhi 1982
My workplace in the architectural office of Karan Grover, Vadodara (Baroda), 1982
Young mother sorting beans, Gujarat, 1982
Women from the Bhil tribe approach the fairground of Kavant, Gujarat 1982
The drummers of the Bhil reach the fairground in a field, 1983
The Bhils (indigenous natives of India) are not Hindus but animists, 1983
Drummer prepares for his mission, village festival at Kavant, 1982
Parlor game, village square in South India, 1982
Body cleansing also takes place on the street, Gujarat 1982
Woman from the Rabari tribe, Gujarat,1983
The Rabari are camel breeders and semi-nomads from the Rann of Kutch, India, 1982
Family presents their portable radio like a status symbol, Calcutta, 1982
Arrival and waiting at the pushkar market, Rajasthan, India 1981
Worshippers waiting in front of the relief wall of a Jain temple in Gujarat, 1981
Clean drinking water is simply unaffordable, India 1982
Feeding the poor in the center of Calcutta, India 1983
Stockbroker at the Calcutta Stock Exchange, India 1983
A few coins between life and death, Calcutta 1982
Dealer for rubber seals, Calcutta 1983
Shop window with Hitler memorial attracts many passers-by, Calcutta 1983
Barges on the banks of the Ganges near Varanasi, India 1982
Massage in front of the holy bath in the Ganges, Howrath Bridge, Calcutta 1983
This dentist presents all his cutlery, Varanasi, India 1982
Many women also have to work in road construction, North India 1983
A hood of a Dodge truck survived in front of a temple, Burma 1983
Group of monks in the first class of the Irrawady steamer, Burma 1983
Paratha making in a roadside restaurant near Varanasi, India 1982
The majority of Kashmir's inhabitants are Muslims, India 1981
Flatbreads, bakery in Srinagar, Kashmir 1981
Army transport in Beijing, PR China 1982
Display case with people currently sentenced to death, Beijing 1982
Crossroads in Hangzhou, China 1982
Examining view through the twin-lens reflex, Tiananmen, Beijing 1982
Cargo ship on the Yellow River, China 1982
Rockabillies meet on Sundays in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo 1982
Clouds of incense in honor of the 47 samurai, Sengakuji Cemetery, Tokyo 1982
Sumo wrestlers at a temple festival in Kyoto, Japan 1982
Fantasy costumes of the rockabilly girls, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo 1982
Rockabillies meet on Sundays in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo 1982
Kodo drummers practicing on Sado Island, Japan,
Yoshikazu Fujimoto with young Kodo drummers in the kitchen of the Kodo commune on Sado Island, 1983
Big sister takes care of the newborn, Bali 1983
Balinese warehouse worker in Ubud, Indonesia 1983
Ivory carver in Ubud, Indonesia 1983
Old lady in her family home in Ubud, Indonesia 1983
Temple priest laughing uproariously, Ubud, Indonesia 1983
Disused oil drum as a children's toy, Indonesia 1983
Fun of the truckies in a roadhouse on the Stewart Highway, N.T. 1983
"Mates" - Stockmen in the outback, in Marla, Australia 1983
Three girlfriends, Alice Springs, Australia 1983
Spontaneous front garden party in Darwin, Northern Territories, 1983
Aborigines of Australia, Opal mine in the outback of South Australia, 1983
On the way with the "Flying Doctor" to a remote Aboriginal settlement, 1983
Lloyd Fimeri, Opal Diggers from Adelaide at the Mintabie Opal Diggers Clubhouse, 1983
Tattooed hippy in front of his house truck in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1984
Motorized team: Shepherd in Darfield with his collie as passenger, New Zealand 1984
Trucker Clay in his Freightliner on the HW 80, USA 1984
Easy Rider somewhere on the HW 80 across the USA. 1984
On the way to school, Brooklyn, New York 1984
Musician in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1984
Listening to a saxophone session in Brooklyn, New York 1984

Pictures of a world trip (1981-84) B/W

In 1980, at the age of 33 and after five years practicing as an architect, I began planning a trip around the world. "It's now or never!" Back then, in analog times without the internet, I picked a few of the most famous architects from a reference book and applied for limited jobs in offices in India, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It ended up being three years of backpacking around the globe. In addition to travel adventures, I also wanted to work in the architectural profession I had learned. This allowed me to see things not only with the eyes and camera of a "globetrotter", but also from the perspective of everyday working life. During these years of traveling, working on location was an attempt to slip at least one foot out of the skin of the tourist, the intruder, the voyeur. Above all, meeting and getting close to people who were complete strangers to me was a particular concern. Time was always important. And when gestures and eyes show that I, as the stranger, respect my counterpart, there were many gaps to overcome. Even with a family in the slums of Calcutta, who quickly pulled out a portable radio from under plastic tarpaulins to demonstrate their modest prosperity. I had comparatively few clothes in my luggage, but two SLR cameras with three interchangeable lenses and lots of black-and-white and slide films, which I sent home with the help of trusting travelers. I was only able to view the results of my photography for the majority of the motifs three years after my return to Germany.