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Death of a cemetery
Sad news comes today for the family and fans of the “Autofriedhof”: the site must be cleared. Here’s an article about the closure, which I’ve translated from the German article at the Swiss newspaper “Tagesanzeiger”.
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Death of a cemetery
I was neither the first, nor the last, photographer to visit the car cemetery in Kaufdorf, a typical Swiss lowland village near Bern, when I shot these photographs amongst the hulks of rotting cars from the past seventy years. Even then, in 2008, there were many questions over how much longer the area would remain: […]
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Cameras, Autofriedhof, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
Are you interested in and knowledgeable about Strobism? Do you write fluent French? Can you write well and are you interested in helping other photographers based in Switzerland to learn how to improve their technique and extend their knowledge? Can you spare a little free time each week to write for a new blog about […]
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Corolla, Autofriedhof, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
More, larger photos from the car cemetery in the gallery at Permanent Tourist: permanenttourist.ch/photo/switzerland/be/autofriedhof/ Strobist info: one zoomed, diffused SB24 high at camera right (Thanks Jo!) (1/1) focused on boot area. Ambient light underexposed 1.5 stops.
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Yellow 500, Autofriedhof, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
More, larger photos from the car cemetery in the gallery at Permanent Tourist: permanenttourist.ch/photo/switzerland/be/autofriedhof/ Strobist info: one zoomed, diffused SB24 at camera left (1/1) focused on yellow Fiat, one zoomed Canon 430ez at camera right (1/8) as fill-in. Ambient light underexposed 2 stops.
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Autofriedhof, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
More, larger photos from the car cemetery in the gallery at Permanent Tourist: permanenttourist.ch/photo/switzerland/be/autofriedhof/ Strobist info: one diffused SB24 at camera right (1/1), one Canon 430ez at camera left (1/16).
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Auto Cemetery, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
The Autofriedhof (car cemetery) is an extraordinary collection of rotting cars, dumped by a spare parts salesman on land behind his workshops since the 1930s in Kaufdorf, between Thun and Bern. The cars, in varying stages of decomposition, have remained untouched since they were abandoned in the woods and are now mainly collapsed hulks. The […]
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Jo, Auto Cemetery, Kaufdorf, Switzerland
Strobist info: two Cactus-fired, flashes; a diffused SB-24 at camera right (1/2 power) and a Canon 430ez to the left and behind Jo (1/1 power) to create the highlights on her arm, back and face.
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