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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ushba </title>
				
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		<category><![CDATA[Beautiful, Dangerous, Luring]]></category>

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		<description>Ushba (4710m) &#124; Georgia, Caucasus

Ushba - the infamous beauty of the Caucasus. The meaning of the name is unclear, but has been translated from the Svan language as "terrible mountains" or " place of the witches Sabbath" or from Karachay-Balkar into "three peaks" (North, South and small Ushba). It is perhaps the most beautiful mountain in the Caucasus, but also one of the most difficult and dangerous, and few climbers who see it can escape its draw. Ushba is the source of many climbing tales, histories and tragedies. 

I attempted the mountain first in 2010 with Boris Avdeev, after our successful ascent of Shkhara (5193m). We ran out of time, food and motivation on summit day, saw a potential epic on the horizon and turned around, despite sunny weather and being already past the crux sections; but on Ushba you better step back when you feel things are not right. 
In June 2012 I returned. Robert Koschitzki and I attempted the easier (4A) and lower north summit (4694m) to acclimatize for Janga-Tau (5058m). Still early in the season, we climbed to about 60 m below the summit, but needed to turn around due to treacherous and unprotectable steep, loose snow on the summit ridge.  We summited Janga-Tau (5058m), but Ushba was on my mind again. Inevitably, I returned to Georgia in August, and finally summited Ushba with the Georgian climber Tato Nadiradze. 


&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_02-3_850.jpg" width="850" height="575" width_o="960" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_02-3_o.jpg" data-mid="20946693" caption="Boris Avdeev below Ushba (4710m). Leica Fotografie International Category Landscapes.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3 and Kodak Elite Chrome. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/03-2_850.jpg" width="850" height="579" width_o="954" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/03-2_o.jpg" data-mid="24824007" caption="Tato Nadiradze taking in the view at Ushba's high camp&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M-Analogue Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Planar 2/50, Leica M7, Heliopan yellow filter and Ilford Delta 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_13-3_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_13-3_o.jpg" data-mid="20946690" caption="Ushba. Leica Fotografie International Category Landscapes.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3 and Kodak Elite Chrome. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;.
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1061350-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1061350-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="20836002" caption="Robert Koschitzki on North Ushba (4694m).&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International Leica X1 Mastershot and Category Landscapes" border="0" align="left"/&#62; 
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1061387_10.jpg" width="435" height="650" width_o="435" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1061387_10_o.jpg" data-mid="27833230" caption="Early morning high up on Ushba North (4694m). Climber: Robert Koschitzki{image 19" border="0" align="left"/&#62;.Leica Fotografie International Leica X1 Mastershot and Category Landscapes} 
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_03-3.jpg" width="441" height="650" width_o="441" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/schoen_03-3_o.jpg" data-mid="23115634" caption=" High Camp (4300m) on Ushba. Published in Hilleberg Tent Handbook 2011.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3 and Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/scan_04_850.jpg" width="850" height="574" width_o="962" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/scan_04_o.jpg" data-mid="24824488" caption="A minute of calm and warmth at Ushba (4710m, Caucasus) high camp.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss C-Biogon 2.8/35, Leica M7 and Ilford FP4+. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1062783-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload83.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3979770/L1062783-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="23115533" caption="On Ushba's Gabriel Khergiani Route (5B). Climber below me: Pawel Pieńkowski" border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>Ushba (4710m) &#124; Georgia, Caucasus  Ushba - the infamous beauty of the Caucasus. The meaning of the name is unclear, but has been translated from the Svan language...</excerpt>

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		<title>The Other Side of the Night</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:36:56 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description>On the Other Side of the Night

Caroline. Contax G2, Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm, Fuji Neopan 400 

All photos were selected into the Leica Fotografie International Category Nudes/Sensual. 
Photo 1 was awarded a B+W Magazine 2012 Merit Award. 


&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2343075/schoen_05.jpg" width="433" height="650" width_o="433" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2343075/schoen_05_o.jpg" data-mid="20946744" caption="&#38;quot;In Distant Dreams&#38;quot;. B+W Merit Award Winner 2012.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International Gallery Nude/Sensual" border="0" align="left"/&#62;}
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2343075/schoen_06-2.jpg" width="437" height="650" width_o="437" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2343075/schoen_06-2_o.jpg" data-mid="20947539" caption="&#38;quot;In Distant Dreams&#38;quot;. B+W Magazine 2012 Merit Award Winner. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Nude/Sensual" border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>On the Other Side of the Night  Caroline. Contax G2, Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm, Fuji Neopan 400   All photos were selected into the Leica Fotografie International...</excerpt>

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		<title>7000m </title>
				
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:46:13 +0000</pubDate>

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		<category><![CDATA[High in the Tien Shan &#38; Pamir ]]></category>

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		<description>7000m &#124; Tien Shan, Pamirs 

- Under Construction - 

In the summer of 2008 I travelled through Tajikistan. Together with Andrews Sims and Lyngve Skrede (Lyngve's Tajikistan photos). We spent three weeks with a wonderful family in the Wakhan corridor in SW Pamirs (along border with Afghanistan), and Lyngve and I climbed Pik Leningrad Gosuniversitat (6222 m), and I could ski from the summit. I then travelled on to the Central Tajik Pamirs. I climbed Pik Chetyrekh (6230 m) with Avner Magen, Vladimir Vinduska and Pavel Kunt, and skied from the summit via the SE flank (45°+), and then climbed my first 7000m peak, Pik Korzhenvskaya (7105m), with Avner Magen. 
&#62;&#62;Link to Pik Korzhenevskaya photos on Mountain.RU

In summer 2010 Anders Ödman (www.peantphoto.com) and I travelled to the Tien Shan of Kyrgyzstan., where we climbed beautiful Khan Tengri (7010m) for acclimatization for Pik Pobedy East (6762m). 
 - &#62;&#62; Pik Pobeda East Portfolio

The fascination for 7000m+ faded with the increase in  logistical efforts, required time and the costs involved, and relatively heavy equipment required. 
In 2009 I travelled to Tajikistan with Andreas Riesner (www.riesner.at) and Markus Keuschnig for another adventure in the remote Bartang valley and Yazgulem Range, a trip filled with immense Tajik hospitality and great mountain adventures with great friends. No helicopters were involved, no organized base camps - just transport and logistics through locals.  
We all climbed Shipka Peak (6254m) in the Yazgulem range via the S ridge (4B). Then Andreas and I climbed  Lap Nazar (5990 m) with minimal gear (bivy, no tent) over two days and made the first ski descent. The route skied we is rated 50-55°, and the descent was one of my finest. The trip ended with a big celebration for us in a village as our journey ended. In the end, I prefered that style and simplicity, and shifted my focus on 5000-6000m peaks again. 
&#62;&#62;Link to Lap Nazar Article on Mountain.RU


&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/Pik Chapaev_1_850.jpg" width="850" height="491" width_o="1124" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/Pik Chapaev_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20880510" caption="Pik Chapaev (6371m, Tien Shan), seen in the monring during the ascent of Khan Tengri. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Landscapes.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3, B+W yellow filter and Kodak Tri-X 400. Scanned with Imacon/Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62; 
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/XVI_26_850.jpg" width="850" height="570" width_o="969" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/XVI_26_o.jpg" data-mid="20880459" caption="Khan Tengri (7010m, Tien Shan). Published in Alpinist Magazine Issue 37.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Contax G2, Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90mm, B+W red filter, Kodak Tri-X 400. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/SDIM3447_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/SDIM3447_o.jpg" data-mid="20880515" caption="Pik Chapaev (6371m, Tien Shan), seen in the monring during the ascent of Khan Tengri. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Landscapes. Published in Alpin Magazin 7/2012&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Sigma DP2" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1722_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1722_o.jpg" data-mid="20880449" caption="On Pik Chetyriokh (6233m, Pamirs). Leica Fotografie International Category Landscapes" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1966_850.jpg" width="850" height="637" width_o="867" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1966_o.jpg" data-mid="20880441" caption="Pik Korzhenevskaya high camp (6300m). Published in Alpin Magazin 7/2012" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/42_850.jpg" width="850" height="554" width_o="996" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/42_o.jpg" data-mid="21908106" caption="Mil-Mi 8 helicopter landing at Khan Tengri (Tien Shan) base camp.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Contax G2, Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/21mm, B+W red filter, Fuji Acros" border="0" align="left"/&#62;}
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/XV_18_850.jpg" width="850" height="579" width_o="954" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/XV_18_o.jpg" data-mid="20880467" caption="Mil-Mi 8 helicopter in Khan Tengri (Tien Shan) base camp.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Contax G2, Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/21mm, B+W red filter, Fuji Acros. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/DSCN0219_850.jpg" width="850" height="637" width_o="867" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/DSCN0219_o.jpg" data-mid="24743837" caption="On the south ridge of Shipka Pik (6254m, Pamirs). Climbers: Peter Schön and Markus Keuschnig. Photo: Andreas Riesner (&#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.riesner.at&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;www.riesner.at&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt;)" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1863-Edit.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="650" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/IMG_1863-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="21107446" caption="Andreas Riesner approaching the summit of Lap Nazar (5990 m, Pamirs)" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/DSCN0505-Edit2_850.jpg" width="850" height="597" width_o="924" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload84.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3990283/DSCN0505-Edit2_o.jpg" data-mid="21107474" caption="First ski descent of Lap Nazar (5990 m, Pamirs). Photo: Andreas Riesner (&#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.riesner.at&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;www.riesner.at&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt;). Skier: Peter Schön" border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>7000m &#124; Tien Shan, Pamirs   - Under Construction -   In the summer of 2008 I travelled through Tajikistan. Together with Andrews Sims and Lyngve Skrede (Lyngve's...</excerpt>

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		<title>Andes - Fragments</title>
				
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:28:29 +0000</pubDate>

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		<category><![CDATA[Single Images from the Andes. 2003-2005. ]]></category>

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		<description>Fragments

Between 2002 and 2005 I (age 18-23) spent many months in the Andes of Chile and Argentina, figuring out what I want in life, and learning most of my climbing, skiing and high-altitude skills. They were deeply personal journeys. My South America diaries I have not touched since my return, hardly any story has been told and only a few good images I have published so far. 


&#60;img src="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_009_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_009_o.jpg" data-mid="20947439" caption="In November 2005 Andy Debakker and I cycle to the remote Cerro Pissis in Argentina. After 12 days I summit alone, and make the first accurate summit survey with a Trimble DGPS. Then I click into my skis, to make the 3rd ever ski descent. My physically most exhausting trip, 15 days. My survey proved that this is at 6793m the 2nd highest volcano on Earth. Photo by Andy Debakker. Cyclist Peter Schön&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F, scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;}
&#60;img src="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_007_850.JPG" width="850" height="582" width_o="949" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_007_o.JPG" data-mid="24733963" caption="In November 2005 Andy Debakker and I cycle to the remote Cerro Pissis in Argentina. After 12 days I summit alone, and make the first accurate summit survey with a Trimble DGPS. Then I click into my skis, to make the 3rd ever ski descent. My physically most exhausting trip, 15 days. My survey proved that this is at 6793m the 2nd highest volcano on Earth.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F, scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/Piuquenes2-Bearbeitet_850.jpg" width="850" height="560" width_o="985" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/Piuquenes2-Bearbeitet_o.jpg" data-mid="20947464" caption="Wild Horses in the Chilean Andes. Taken during the first ski descend expedition to remote Nevado de los Piuquenes (6025m, Andes, Chile) with Erik Sims and Bob Lucas.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International Category Landscapes. Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_010_850.jpg" width="850" height="405" width_o="1024" height_o="489" src_o="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_010_o.jpg" data-mid="25058897" caption="Cerro Paniri (5946m) in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the driest place on Earth. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Pentax Espio 105 SW and Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_001_8_850.JPG" width="850" height="414" width_o="1024" height_o="499" src_o="http://payload38.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/3074673/schoen_001_8_o.JPG" data-mid="24735167" caption=" During a winter attempt on Volcán San José (5856m), concerned about a storm rolling in from the Pacific. Andes, Chile/Argentina. September 2003. Climber: Peter Schön. Photo by Alex Koller. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Pentax Espio 105 SW and AFGA Precisa CT slide film. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>Fragments  Between 2002 and 2005 I (age 18-23) spent many months in the Andes of Chile and Argentina, figuring out what I want in life, and learning most of my...</excerpt>

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		<title>LFI Photo Stories </title>
				
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:28:28 +0000</pubDate>

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		<category><![CDATA[Images and Stories selected as LFI Photo Story]]></category>

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		<description>LFI Photo Stories

Images and stories selected as Leica Fotografie International Photo Story

One Day...

In June 2010 Boris Avdeev and I stood on top of Shkhara, a 5193m high, very difficult summit in the Caucasus. Shkhara is the highest point of the Bezengi Wall, a 12 km long mountain massif largely above 4500 m along the Georgian-Russian border. Shkhara also marks the eastern end of the wall, and is either the last or first summit of the Bezengi traverse – a traverse of the entire massif, over multiple 4500-5000 m summits, and one of the greatest alpine challenges in the Caucasus and Europe.
A few weeks later Boris writes me - “one day we have to do the traverse”. This day will never come. Boris perishes in an avalanche in April of last year. We were to climb Janga-Tau (5058 m) together a few weeks later, a remote and seldom climbed peak in the central part of the Bezengi Wall. After 2 months in a mental hole, full of doubt about the sense of going to the mountains, and filled with lack of motivation and self-discipline, I travel to Georgia again. On June 22rd I summit Janga-Tau with Robert Koschitzi. As I sit on the summit and watch Robert coming up, I look to great Shkhara rising behind him, where Boris and I stood two years earlier, and then look behind me, to the remaining summits of the Bezengi wall to the West. I wonder if I will ever make the traverse. Maybe, one day...

Bezengi Wall, Caucasus, Georgia/Russia; 22.06.2012
X1; Elmarit 24mm f/2.8 Asph
f9 1/640sec iso100
LR 4.3, Silver Efex Pro

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Social Worker and Refugee

Mkrtich, a social worker from the organisation Mission Armenia, and Araxia (85), a refugee from Baku, in her room in a former prison near Yerevan, Armenia.
Araxia is one of nearly 400.000 refugees who fled from Azerbaijan to Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988 - 1994. The government of Armenia provided them with rooms in former public administrative buildings. Many died here as they grew older, others had success to escape the situation - but too many still survive since 20-23 years in poor social and living conditions.

Kasakh, Yerevan, Armenia; 15.10.2012
M7; Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5
Fujifilm Neopan 400 (in DD-X)

&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/01-2-2_13_850.jpg" width="800" height="626" width_o="800" height_o="626" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/01-2-2_13_o.jpg" data-mid="24825171"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


I Ski Alone

I am a passionate ski mountaineer and alpinist. I like to ski with friends, work as ski guide, and quite regularly I travel to mountain ranges to ski high and difficult peaks with trusted partners. But sometimes I go back to my home mountains, where I spend so much time when I was younger. I take my skis, wander off, seeking solitude and space to think about life, love and whatever else moves me at the time. Then I ski alone and there could be nothing better at that moment.
www.ps-photo.net

Gleinalm, Styria, Austria; 02.03.2013
X1; Elmarit 24mm f/2.8 Asph
f6.3 1/8000sec iso100
LR 4.3

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Caucasus Diaries

Since 2005 I regularly come to Georgia and its capital, Tbilisi; a seemingly never ending and continuous journey. The reasons I keep going there have become nebulous – initially it was for the mountains and adventure, later for the culture, the people, friends, love; for the memories, to remember and to forget, the unique possibilities for photography projects - and to write my Caucasus diaries. Several of the photos from these journeys have been published, but the diaries the go along with them, telling the whole story, remain visible to no one but me.

Tbilisi, Georgia; 11.08.2012
M7; Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/2
Fuji Neopan 400
Epson 4990, LR 3

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Waiting Since 18 Years For …?

Tskhaltubo, a former Soviet spa resort, is now turned into a shelter for internally displaced people (IDP) from the short but intense Georgian-Abkhaz war (1992–93). Some 7000 IDP have been living here since 18 years in poor, cramped and unsanitary conditions, waiting for another future, seemingly forgotten by the rest of the world. Tsqaltubo’s dilapidating buildings used to be the Soviet holiday paradise, now they are haunted by the ghosts of the past and the broken promises of the present.

The photo was taken during a photo project for the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).

Tskhaltubo, Georgia; 25.10.2011
M8; Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2
f8 1/45sec iso160
LR 3, Silver Efex Pro

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Early Winter in Ergneti (Georgia, South Caucasus)

A lonely, elderly woman walks down a muddy street as winter arrives in Ergneti, on the Georgian side of the buffer zone to South Ossetia. In 2008 a conflict erupted between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia. Many discussions ensued about “who” started the war and about the territorial integrity of South Ossetia. The losers of this political power game are the people living on either sides of the buffer zone, who lost wives, husbands, sons or daughters, who lost their homes and livelihoods admits the shelling, burning and bombing of villages.
The photo was taken during a photo project for the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).

Ergneti, buffer zone Georgia, South Ossetia, Caucasus; 7.11.2011
M6; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm
Ilford FP4+; Scanned with Hasselblad X1. 

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That One Moment

2005 I came first to the Caucasus of Georgia. The place captured me instantly, like no other had before. Soon the idea to climb and ski all three 5000m mountains of Georgia was born: Shkhara (5193m), Janga-Tau (5058m) and Mkinvartsveri (Kazbek, 5034m). In 2006 and 2008 Deon Louw, Andreas Riesner and I made two first ski descents from the summit of Mkinvartsveri. In 2010 Boris Avdeev and I stood on the summit of Shkhara, the most difficult and dangerous of the three. Before I started the difficult ski descent from Shkhara, I saw in the distance the east flank of Janga-Tau emerging from the clouds, and I imagined skiing it one day.
In June 2012 finally, after numerous adventurous trip to Caucasus, years of preparation and training came down to that one defining moment, as I ski down the east flank of Janga-Tau, finishing the project, with great Shkhara looming in the background….

Photographer: Robert Koschitzki
Climber/Skier: Peter Schön 

Bezengi Wall, Caucasus, Georgia/Russia; 22.6.2012
X1; Elmarit 24mm f/2.8 Asph
f12 1/800sec iso100
LR 3, Silver Efex Pro

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A Matter of Balance

After every difficult climb or ski descent I am momentarily filled with joy and relief, but as time passes, a certain emptiness takes over. When you have put everything into reaching that one goal, what is left when you reach it? It’s a matter of balance – the harder and higher I climb, the more important becomes returning to the valley and to home, to friends, loved ones and family, and embracing the life outside the mountain world. All that is just as much part of alpinism as the mountains themselves.

Image taken at the high camp of Ushba (4710m), one of the most famous, difficult and dangerous mountains in the Caucasus.
Climber: Tato Nadiradze

Svaneti, Georgia; August 2012
M7; Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f/2
Heliopan yellow filter
Ilford Delta 100 (in FX-39)

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Children in an IDP school

In autumn 2011 I worked with the Norwegian and Danish Refugee Councils on a photo project about internally displaced people (IDP) in Georgia, following the conflict in Abkhazia. I also worked with educational projects and children, both in Georgia and in Abkhazia. What I took away from this work is that children are the same on both side of the conflict – playful, innocent, curious. They are still far away from politics, ethical questions and the issue of status of the Abkhazia, and they gave me hope that this seemingly endless conflict someday will be solved for good.

Kutaisi, Georgia (Caucasus); 18.10.2011
M8; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5
f1.5 1/180sec iso640
LR 4.3, Silver Efex Pro

&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/L1009085-Edit.jpg" width="433" height="650" width_o="433" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/L1009085-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="28073160"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Ararat

The legacy of history hangs in the air as two policemen stroll over the pavement at another hot and sunny summer day in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. They patrol the grounds of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial, dedicated to the Armenian genocide victims of 1915. Armenia’s holy mountain Ararat – now firmly in Anatolia - looms in the back, as a reminder of a dark and nebulous stretch of history. Every time I am in Armenia, no matter how sunny it is, beautiful Ararat seems to spread a somber aura over the country. Will I ever be able to visit Armenia or Turkey and see Ararat as worthy holy and religious mountain, signifying respect, dialogue and forgiveness?

Yerevan, Armenia; 21.6.2011
M6; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5 B+W yellow filter
iso125 Ilford FP4+ 
Hasselblad X1, LR3 

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Walking Alone

With my Leica M6 I am currently on a photographic journey through the Caucasus, retracing my steps of earlier journeys. In March 2005 we went to the town of Aparan in Armenia, to explore the country’s highest mountains on skis. Much has changed since then – there are supermarkets, new cars, and houses have running water. But just outside the town, the feeling of endless space and the loneliness of the Armenian country side that had captured us are still there. I suspect this will not change for a long time.

Aparan, Armenia; 20.6.2011
M6; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5, B+W yellow filter
AGFA APX 100; Scanned with Hasselblad X1

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The Daily Commute

This photo was taken discretely with my Leica M6 in Tbilisi (Georgia). But it could have been taken in the metro of any city in the world. No matter how different cities are on the surface, life inside the Metro trains seems the same. Cramped, dark, dank, and yet we seem to find time and place there for short contemplation and daydreaming that we cannot find in the bustling life above. The pace of the city comes to a forced stop, you drift of in thoughts, interrupted by the announcements of the familiar names of metro station and shuffling around of people. How many metro stations do you pass everyday and never get off at, wondering what may be there? I like taking the metro. And I like this photo, because it conveys the atmosphere of the metro as I often experience it.

Tbilisi, Georgia; 15.6.2011
M6; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5
Ilford HP5+ at ISO 1600; Scanned with Hasselblad X1

&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/scan_05-Edit_4_850.jpg" width="800" height="570" width_o="800" height_o="570" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354703/scan_05-Edit_4_o.jpg" data-mid="20947374"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;


The Game

Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia after the intense 1992-93 war. The complex conflict resulted in a wave of atrocities by both sides. The Mingrelian-Georgian population had to flee. Abkhazia itself saw massive destruction and until today remains isolated, with little international aid, and heavy dependence on Russian support.
I visited Abkhazia in autumn 2011 with the Danish Refugee Council. My experience there was mixed; with evidence of destruction, poverty, lack of perspective, desolation and seemingly no future to look forward to on the one hand, but also reconstruction, revitalization and a motivation to make Abkhazia a livable place again on the other.
Large parts of the capital Sukhumi have been rebuilt, and the city is regaining its charm. Here, men play chess on a sunny but crisp afternoon in a park. For me this photo is a symbol of another Abkhazia, which may hold a future for its people after all.

Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 02.11.2011
M8; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5
f2 1/500sec iso160
Silver Efex Pro, LR3

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I live here

Since I am 18 I have been travelling several times to South America, Central Asia and South Caucasus, in search for the best ski mountaineering and challenging first ski descents, and for the travelling itself. I lived and studied several years in Canada, have worked as ski guide there and in Japan. Soon I will leave to work in Arctic Norway.
There are few geographical constants in my life. One is that I always come back to Styria after each journey. Whenever I can, I work for the avalanche control of my local small ski resort. The snow seems never to be as good as elsewhere, the lifts are slower, but - on a day like this, when I am out here, I know - I still live here.

Präbichl/Vordernberg, Steiermark, Austria; 27.1.2011
M8; Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 50mm f/1.5
f2.8 1/8000sec iso160
Silver Efex Pro, LR3

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		<excerpt>LFI Photo Stories  Images and stories selected as Leica Fotografie International Photo Story  One Day...  In June 2010 Boris Avdeev and I stood on top of Shkhara, a...</excerpt>

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		<title>Published Work and Awards</title>
				
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		<description>Published Work and Awards


Black and White Magazine Single Image Contest Merit Award Winners 2012 and 2013

&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_03_3_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_03_3_o.jpg" data-mid="20910640" caption="Speed.&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
&#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://bandwmag.com/ &#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Black and White&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Magazine 2012 Merit Award Winner.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax G2, Zeiss Biogon 21mm, B+W yellow filter and Agfa APX 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_05_1.jpg" width="433" height="650" width_o="433" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_05_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20910638" caption="&#38;quot;In Distant Dreams&#38;quot;.&#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://bandwmag.com/ &#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Black and White Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; 2012 Merit Award Winner.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International Gallery Nude/Sensual" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
{image 32&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/I-16_850.jpg" width="823" height="650" width_o="823" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/I-16_o.jpg" data-mid="26107324" caption="Tskhaltubo IDP collective center.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;© Peter Schön/DRC. B&#38;amp;W Magazine 2012 Merit Award Winner. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M Analogue Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M6 and Ilford HP5+ at ISO800. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;}
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/scan_06_1_o_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/scan_06_1_o_o.jpg" data-mid="23371660" caption=" Walking Alone. Aparan. &#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
&#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://bandwmag.com/ &#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Black and White Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; 2013 Merit Award Winner. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter, Agfaphoto APX 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
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Schwarzweiss Magazin

&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/Pik Chapaev_1_850.jpg" width="850" height="491" width_o="1124" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/Pik Chapaev_1_o.jpg" data-mid="24666127"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Natürlich sehen wir in Farbe - aber Sehen ist nur ein Bestandteil unserer Wahrnehmung von Umwelt und Augenblicken. In den Bergen sehe ich die gewaltigen Gipfel, fühle und höre den Sturm, friere ich und empfinde ich Emotionen, die durch Erfolg, Scheitern und persönliche Erlebnisse geprägt werden. Das alles vermag Schwarzweiß oft intensiver zu vermitteln – für mich ist dies gegenüber der Farbfotografie daher nicht Reduktion, sondern eine Verstärkung von Impressionen. 
Schwarzweiss Issue 89. "Schwarzweiss ist für mich.."Pik Chapaev (6371m), seen in the monring during the ascent of Khan Tengri.Contax T3, B+W yellow filter and Kodak Tri-X 400. Scanned with Imacon/Hasselblad X1.


Alpinist  Magazine


&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_09-Edit-3-Edit.jpg" width="460" height="650" width_o="460" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_09-Edit-3-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="19093912" caption="Boris Avdeev during another cold Shkhara (5193m, Caucasus) morning. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.alpinist.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Alpinist  Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Issue 39.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Contax T3 and Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/XVI_26_850.jpg" width="850" height="570" width_o="969" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/XVI_26_o.jpg" data-mid="20894020" caption="Khan Tengri (7010m). &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.alpinist.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Alpinist  Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Issue 37.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Contax G2, Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90mm, B+W red filter, Kodak Tri-X 400. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_008-Edit_2_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_008-Edit_2_o.jpg" data-mid="20910712" caption=" Storm on Mkinvartsveri. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.alpinist.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Alpinist  Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Issue 37. Niamori International Mountain Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2009 Winner in the Category &#38;quot;Best Adventure Photo&#38;quot;. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Landscapes.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
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Backcountry Magazine


&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/XIII_31_2_850.jpg" width="850" height="643" width_o="859" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/XIII_31_2_o.jpg" data-mid="20859140" caption=" Anders Ödman on Pik Pobeda East. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.backcountrymagazine.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Backcountry Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; February 2011.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3, B+W orange filter and Agfa APX 100. Scanned with Hasselblad/Imacon Flextight X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62; 
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/SDIM3640-2_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/SDIM3640-2_o.jpg" data-mid="20893939" caption=" Avalanche off Pik Pobedy (7439m). Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Nature. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.backcountrymagazine.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Backcountry Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; January 2012.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Sigma DP2" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
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Leica Fotografie International (LFI) Editior's Choice, Picture of the Week.
(More: Peter_S on LFI: LFI M &#124; X Mastershots)


&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/L1061149-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/L1061149-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="19093979" caption="Horse Race. Mestia, Svaneti (Georgia). &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://gallery.lfi-online.de/gallery/index.php?editors_choice&#38;amp;page=1&#38;quot;&#38;gt;LFI Picture of the Week&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; (June 2012) and Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/FH000011-Edit-3_850.JPG" width="762" height="570" width_o="762" height_o="570" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/FH000011-Edit-3_o.JPG" data-mid="24760930" caption="Firemen at Nozawa Fire Festival (Japan).  &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://gallery.lfi-online.de/gallery/index.php?editors_choice&#38;amp;page=1&#38;quot;&#38;gt;LFI Picture of the Week&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; (December 2012) and Leica Fotografie International M-Analogue Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M6 and Ilford XP2 at ASA 1600" border="0" align="left"/&#62;

Climax Climbing Magazine (Austria)

&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/phoenix_neu.jpg" width="441" height="650" width_o="441" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/phoenix_neu_o.jpg" data-mid="20911955"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;
Rene Leitner rock climbing in Eppenstein, Austria. Climax Climbing Magazine 01/10. Sigma DP1s


Niamori International Mountain Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2009 Winner in the Category "Best Adventure Photo"

&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_008-Edit_2_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_008-Edit_2_o.jpg" data-mid="20910712" caption=" Storm on Mkinvartsveri. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.alpinist.com/&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Alpinist  Magazine&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Issue 37. Niamori International Mountain Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2009 Winner in the Category &#38;quot;Best Adventure Photo&#38;quot;. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Landscapes.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;Storm on Mkinvartsveri. Niamori International Mountain Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2009 Winner in the Category "Best Adventure Photo". Alpinist Magazine Issue 37. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Landscapes.Contax TVS III and Fuji Provia 100F. Scanned with Hasselblad X1


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&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_03-3.jpg" width="441" height="650" width_o="441" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/schoen_03-3_o.jpg" data-mid="20911945" caption=" Hilleberg Jannu on Ushba (4710m, Caucasus, Georgia). &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.hilleberg.se&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Hilleberg&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Tent Handbook 2011.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Contax T3 and Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/SDIM0292_1_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2439551/SDIM0292_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20946623" caption=" Speed. &#38;lt;a href=&#38;quot;http://www.mi-tech.de&#38;quot; target=&#38;quot;_blank&#38;quot;&#38;gt;Mi-Tech&#38;lt;/a&#38;gt; Mountain &#38;amp; Road Bike Catalogue 2010 Cover Photo. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Sigma DP1s" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
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		<excerpt>Published Work and Awards   Black and White Magazine Single Image Contest Merit Award Winners 2012 and 2013     Schwarzweiss Magazin  Natürlich sehen wir in Farbe...</excerpt>

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		<title>In Memoriam </title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/peter_s/In-Memoriam</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:28:26 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description>In Memoriam


Boris Avdeev

In June/July 2010 Boris Avdeev and I went to Svaneti (Georgia) and climbed Shkhara (5193m), one of the hardest, but most memorable, successful and enjoyable trips I ever had. It resulted in new geological data, the first accurate elevation survey of the summit (establishing 5193m), and the first partial ski descent from the main summit via the south pillar (ED-/5B/55°+), arguably the most difficult ski line existing in the Caucasus.
Svaneti was our last journey together. Boris died on April 19th in an avalanche on Mt. Dana, California. He was training for our upcoming Caucasus expedition. Boris was my strongest and most dependable climbing partner and our friendship had shaped through intense moments on hard routes, mutual respect, and forgiveness for each other's faults and weaknesses. Boris was an exceptionally strong climber, a brilliant geologist, and a young, intellectual, joyful man embracing life to the fullest. He will be deeply missed and never forgotten.
&#62;&#62;www.borisavdeev.com

&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/schoen_09-Edit-3-Edit.jpg" width="460" height="650" width_o="460" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/schoen_09-Edit-3-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="20934341"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Boris Avdeev getting harness and climbing gear ready for another day of climbing on the south pillar (5B) of Shkhara (5193m, Caucasus). 


Andi Riesner

In 2009, Andi Riesner and I made the first ski descent of iconic Lap Nazar (5990 m) in a remote corner of the Tajik Pamirs. The route via the NW Ridge and West Couloir we rated at 50°+. It stands as one of the major ski descents in the Pamirs and Central Asia.
It was our last great tour together. Andi died on 8 February 2012 in an avalanche accident in the Austrian Alps. He was a great partner and true friend. He will not be forgotten and deeply missed.  
&#62;&#62;To Andi's Website

&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/IMG_1863-Edit_1.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="650" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/IMG_1863-Edit_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20947293"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Andi Riesner on Lap Nazar (5990m, Pamirs)


Gerald Puffinger

On Mayerlrampe (60-70° ice/D+), Großglockner (3798m) north face. May 2006. The climber is Gerald Puffinger. He died 2006 in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. Großglockner was our last climb together.  He was a mentor, friend and the person who taught me that being with friends in the mountains is just as satisifying as pushing your limits. 

&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/1-Bearbeitet_850.jpg" width="800" height="504" width_o="800" height_o="504" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/1-Bearbeitet_o.jpg" data-mid="20934084"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Gerald Puffinger on Großglockner (3798m, Alps) North Face 


Avner Magen

In May 2010 Avner Magen died in an avalanche in Alaska. Avner and I had summited Pik Korzhenevskaya in 2008, our first 7000m peak. Below my entry from his Memorial Website.

byl na pamir (or "how was it in the pamir") this year?”

You asked me that a few months ago. It was a great adventure! It was one of these adventures full of dreams &#38; expectations, moments so full of deprivations and exhaustion that one questions everything, and days of success when all the questions about the “why” and “what for” are answered. Did I tell you that from the summit we stood on I saw the great Pik Somoni, from the opposite side then we had seen it the year before? It loomed above the clouds that hung over the Academy of Science Range, surpassing everything. Pik Somoni there, and great Tirich Mir on the other side of the horizon.
Do you remember the day when you stepped on the summit of Pik Chetyriokh? Standing above everything and everybody else for a little while? How you first questioned your abilities, doubted that you can make it, but then gave everything, trusted in our roped connection, consumed the
team’s energy, to make it in the end? The day we then summited Pik Korzhenevskaya, that elevating moment when it all makes sense, all of a sudden? And great Pik Somoni – one day, yes, one day!

Our mentalities and backgrounds were so different. I am younger than some of your students! Yet there were no biases, no prejudices from your side whatsoever. You never talked about how great a scientist, researcher and above all teacher you were – unless I asked you, and even then just
briefly and then we would often end up talking about something else. About our research activities we have really just learned after we had both returned home. And in the mountains you became an excited student again, keen to learn about high altitude climbing, your body’s response and
strategies to make it.
You fully respected me and trusted me in the most challenging situations. This is something I take far from granted, and something I will never forget.
”drop me a line (nothing long…) to tell me of your plans this spring. is it still georgia? I will be going to alaska (ruth gorge) May 23, and will be flying thru vancouver. I don't expect you will be still there, right? do tell me if you are flying thru toronto - will love to meet.”

When you were in Vancouver, I actually was just taking off from Tbilisi/Georgia to head back home to Austria. It was great to see the Caucasus – I say this because I I know you were lucky to have seen the great Caucasus, too! Like so many places you were lucky to have seen. I told you that a photo I took of you in the Pamirs was shown in a photo exhibition in Tbilisi, right?
And how I wish I could have met you in Toronto earlier this year as we had planned. I have climbed with quite a few people. Some I climbed with once, some I climbed with again. And then there are a few, with whom I have keep in touch with regularly, also for reasons unrelated to the mountains; they are those I would drop that short line every once in a while to see what is up and how life is. When we would have met in Toronto we would have talked a little about mountains, a little about our research, but also a lot
about all the other things in our lives. And that is remarkable!
Next year I will greet the Pamirs from you. You were a climbing partner, but also a true friend. 

&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/IMG_1931_5.jpg" width="488" height="650" width_o="488" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/IMG_1931_5_o.jpg" data-mid="20947301"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Avner Magen descending from Pik Korzhenevskaya (7105m, Pamirs) 


Zaal Kikodze and Merab Khabazi 

In July of 2005 Zaal Kikodze and Merab Khabazi were caught in a storm high up on difficult Ushba in the Georgian Caucasus, and never returned. I had the pleasure to be invited for dinner with both of them during my first journey to the Caucasus, and the long evening was full of inspiration to continue climbing and skiing in their beloved Svaneti and to travel on to Central Asia. 
Zaal was an intellectual, academic and on the forefront for finding a human approach to solving the Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts. He was the most inspiring person I have ever met. Merab, an Everest summiter, was one of Georgia's famous climbers. Strong, intelligent and inspiring. We were to meet on Pik Lenina (7134m, Pamirs) later that summer. 
2010 Boris Avdeev and I went to Ushba, where  I paid my service 5 years after the accident. 

&#60;img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/schoen_02_2_850.jpg" width="800" height="541" width_o="800" height_o="541" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2962253/schoen_02_2_o.jpg" data-mid="20947315"  border="0" align="left"/&#62;Boris Avdeev below Ushba (4710m, Caucasus)</description>
		
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		<title>Metropolis </title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/peter_s/Metropolis</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:28:24 +0000</pubDate>

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		<category><![CDATA[Tbilisi &#124; Ljubljana &#124; Tokyo &#124; Nagano &#124; Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description>Metropolis

1) This photo was taken discretely in the metro of Tbilisi (Georgia). But it could have been taken in the metro of any city in the world. No matter how different cities are on the surface, life inside the Metro trains seems the same. Cramped, dark, dank, and yet we seem to find time and place there for short contemplation and daydreaming that we cannot find in the bustling life above. The pace of the city comes to a forced stop, you drift of in thoughts, interrupted by the announcements of the familiar names of metro station and shuffling around of people. How many metro stations do you pass everyday and never get off at, wondering what may be there?
2-11) Selected images from Ljubljana (Slovenia), Nagano and Tokyo (Japan), Vancouver (Canada) and Zurich (Switzerland).


&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/scan_05-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="605" width_o="912" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/scan_05-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="20909651" caption=" The Daily Commute - Metro, Tbilisi. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot and Photo Story.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M6, Ilford HP5+ at ISO 1600. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_02b_850.jpg" width="850" height="578" width_o="955" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_02b_o.jpg" data-mid="20909604" caption="Ljubljana, Slovenia. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter and Ilford FP4+. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_03-2.jpg" width="433" height="650" width_o="433" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_03-2_o.jpg" data-mid="20911848" caption="Metropolis. Tokyo, Japan. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Analog Mastershot and Category Cityscape.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/25, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter and ilford Delta 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62; 
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_01_8.jpg" width="417" height="650" width_o="417" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_01_8_o.jpg" data-mid="20911927" caption="Ljubljana, Slovenia. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Europe.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter and Ilford HP5+. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/SDIM4768-Edit_7_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/SDIM4768-Edit_7_o.jpg" data-mid="20922438" caption="At Zenkō-ji Temple, Nagano, Japan.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Sigma DP2s" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/FH010031_5_850.jpg" width="850" height="558" width_o="990" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/FH010031_5_o.jpg" data-mid="20922426" caption="Tokyo Night Blitz. Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Urban lLife.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C1.5/50, Leica M6, and Kodak Portra 800" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/SDIM0125_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/SDIM0125_o.jpg" data-mid="20910840" caption="Lonely Night at Simon Fraser University Campus, Burnaby, Canada. Leica Fotografie International Gallery Category Cityscape&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Sigma DP1s" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_09-Edit_1.jpg" width="433" height="650" width_o="433" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/schoen_09-Edit_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20910843" caption="Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park in Chinatown, Vancouver. Contaxg.com Hall of Fame 2011.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Contax G2, Carl Zeiss Biogon 21mm and Kodak Ektar. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/img016-Edit.jpg" width="670" height="406" width_o="800" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/img016-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="11997866" caption="Winter moved on. Vancouver, Canada. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter and Ilford FP4+" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/L1006796-Edit-3.JPG" width="670" height="450" width_o="1024" height_o="689" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/L1006796-Edit-3_o.JPG" data-mid="12415423" caption=" Vancouver (Canada) Police. Leica Fotografie International M8 Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50 and Leica M8" border="0" align="left"/&#62;&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/L1006785-Edit-Edit-2.jpg" width="670" height="471" width_o="1024" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/L1006785-Edit-Edit-2_o.jpg" data-mid="12415427" caption=" Chinatown Blitz. Vancouver, Canada. Leica Fotografie International M8 Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50 and Leica M8" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/Untitled-5_850.jpg" width="850" height="575" width_o="960" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2354687/Untitled-5_o.jpg" data-mid="21906051" caption=" Waiting. Zurich Airport (Switzerland). Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot. &#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.50/50, Leica M7, Fuji Neopan 400" border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>Metropolis  1) This photo was taken discretely in the metro of Tbilisi (Georgia). But it could have been taken in the metro of any city in the world. No matter how...</excerpt>

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		<title>Refugees in Armenia</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/peter_s/Refugees-in-Armenia</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:46:28 +0000</pubDate>

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		<category><![CDATA[Nagorno Karabakh &#38; Iraq Aftermaths ]]></category>

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		<description>Refugees in Armenia

- Under construction  -

During the 1988 - 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict nearly 400.000 refugees - ethnic Armenians - fled Azerbaijan to Armenia. An even higher number - over 600.000 - of Azeris were driven from Armenia and Karabakh.
The government of Armenia provided the refugees from Azerbaijan with rooms in former public administrative buildings not in function after the collapse of USSR - e.g. abandoned hotels, hostels, schools or kindergartens. Many refugees acquired Armenian citizenship, others decided to hold their refugee status. Many died here as they grew older, others had success to escape the situation - but too many still survive in poor social and living conditions, and that since 20-23 years. 
Additionally, many ethnic Armenians fled Iraq and more recently, Syria. Currently UNHCR Armenia counts 900 Iraqi-Armenian refugees and 90 Syrian-Armenian families. These ethnic Armenians are descendants of those driven from West Armenia during the 1914-1918 Armenian Genocide, now returning to Armenia proper. 

In the autumn of 2012 I visited refugees living in Armenia, collaborating both with UNHCR and Mission Armenia, which work to improve the situation for refugees in Armenia, and also with the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor, which work on human rights issues in Armenia. This project is part of a large photo project about displaces people and refugees in the South Caucasus, and after Armenia this year and Georgia &#38; Abkhazia (2011), I hope to continue this work in Azerbaijan as well. 

Links: 
- UNHCR Armenia
- Mission Armenia
 - Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor

- 2011: Georgia - Tskhaltubo IDP Center
- 2011: Abkhazia-Georgia-South-Ossetia


&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/01-2_12_850.jpg" width="850" height="665" width_o="850" height_o="665" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/01-2_12_o.jpg" data-mid="24825265" caption="&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Mkrtich, a social worker from Mission Armenia, and Araxia (85), a refugee from Baku, in her room in a former prison in Kasakh near Yerevan. Mkrtich is one of the people I got to respect the most for the work he does. He helps, listens and tries to help where others do not - and when working with him, one can sense how the work changed him, too. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia. &#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Leica Fotografie International M-Analog Mastershot and Category &#38;quot;Portrait&#38;quot;. Zeiss ZM Sonnar 1.5/50, Leica M7, B+W yellow filter and  Fujifilm Neopan 400. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1050623-Edit-2_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1050623-Edit-2_o.jpg" data-mid="22785671" caption="Two refugees from Baku - Lilian (86) and her mentally disabled son (57) - in their tiny room in a former hotel near Yerevan, where they have been living now for 20 years. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/04_14_850.jpg" width="850" height="575" width_o="960" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/04_14_o.jpg" data-mid="24825276" caption="Two refugees from Baku -  Lilian (86) and her mentally disabled son (57) - in their tiny room in a former hotel near Yerevan, where they have been living now for 20 years. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie M-Analogue Mastershot and Category &#38;quot;Portrait&#38;quot;.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Zeiss ZM Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M7 and Ilford HP5+ at ASA 800. Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1051281-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="601" width_o="918" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1051281-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="22785668" caption="Nina (80), a refugee from Baku in her room in a former prison near Yerevan, where she has been living now for 23 years. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot and Category Europe" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1050652-Edit-2_850.jpg" width="818" height="650" width_o="818" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1050652-Edit-2_o.jpg" data-mid="23625991" caption="Refugee from Baku in her tiny room in a former hotel near Yerevan, where she has been living now for 20 years. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/02_850.jpg" width="850" height="574" width_o="962" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/02_o.jpg" data-mid="24823559" caption="Iraqi couple of Armenian ethnicity, who fled Iraq five years ago and now lives in a communal center in Darbnik, near Yerevan. Photo taken in cooperation with UNHCR and Mission Armenia.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M-Analog Mastershot  and Category &#38;quot;Portrait&#38;quot;.&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Zeiss ZM Sonnar 1.5/50, Leica M7, B+W yellow filter and Kentmere 400 (N+1). Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1051725-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/L1051725-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="23083135" caption="Armenian refugees in the village of Nor Khachakap, near Vanadzor, Armenia. Nor Khachakap was formerly inhabited by Azeris, who themselves had to flee Armenia for Azerbaijan. The 1988 Spitak earthquake destroyed most of the village, and the inhabitants had to rebuilt it under very difficult conditions.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;The family's son died under mysterious circumstances while serving in the Armenian army in 2007. Photo taken in collaboration with Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/01_850.jpg" width="820" height="650" width_o="820" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload100.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/4313788/01_o.jpg" data-mid="24823552" caption="Aramis (84), an Armenian refugee in the village of Nor Khachakap, Armenia, telling his story. He is one of the 400.000 Armenians that had to flee Azerbaijan during the 1988-1994 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The village was formerly inhabited by Azeris, who themselves had to flee Armenia for Azerbaijan. The 1988 Spitak earthquake destroyed most of the village, and the inhabitants had to rebuilt it under very difficult conditions. Aramis was the last to leave his village in Azerbaijan, and could escape with the help of an Azeri driver.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Photo taken in collaboration with Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M-Analogue Mastershot and Category &#38;quot;Portrait&#38;quot;.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt; Zeiss ZM Sonnar 1.5/50, Leica M7, B+W yellow filter and Kentmere 400 (ASA 800, in DD-X). Scanned with Hasselblad X1." border="0" align="left"/&#62;

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		<excerpt>Refugees in Armenia  - Under construction  -  During the 1988 - 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict nearly 400.000 refugees - ethnic Armenians - fled Azerbaijan to...</excerpt>

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		<title>Armenia</title>
				
		<link>http://cargocollective.com/peter_s/Armenia-1</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:29:03 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>PS-Photo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Fragments from the South Caucasus]]></category>

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		<description>Armenia

I am currently on a photographic journey through the Caucasus, retracing my steps of earlier journeys. In March 2005 we were on a magical journey through Armenia, to explore the country’s highest mountain (Aragats, 4090m) on skis. We stayed with a family in the town of Aparan. Much has changed there since then – there are supermarkets, new cars, and houses have running water. But just outside the town, the feeling of endless space and the loneliness of the Armenian country side that had captured us are still there. I suspect this will not change for a long time. 


&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/scan_06_1_850.jpg" width="850" height="566" width_o="975" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/scan_06_1_o.jpg" data-mid="20841469" caption=" Walking Alone. Aparan. June 2011.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;B&#38;amp;W Magazine Single Image Contest 2013 Merit Award Winnter. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M6, B+W yellow filter, Agfaphoto APX 100. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1000280-Bearbeitet_850.jpg" width="850" height="571" width_o="966" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1000280-Bearbeitet_o.jpg" data-mid="26197357" caption="Vanadzor Street Life. January 2013.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M8 Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss C-Biogon 2.8/35 and Leica M8.2" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1051143-Edit_850.jpg" width="850" height="568" width_o="972" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1051143-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="22971070" caption="Drive. Somewhere in northern Armenia. October 2012.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International X1 Mastershot" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/5_850.jpg" width="850" height="564" width_o="979" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/5_o.jpg" data-mid="25674115" caption="Vardablur Village on a clear and cold winter afternoon.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M7, B+W yellow filter, Ilford FP4+" border="0" align="left"/&#62;


&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/DSC01000-Edit2.jpg" width="657" height="568" width_o="657" height_o="568" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/DSC01000-Edit2_o.jpg" data-mid="23048358" caption="Deon Louw on Aragats (4090m). April 2005" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/IMG_0074_850.jpg" width="757" height="568" width_o="757" height_o="568" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/IMG_0074_o.jpg" data-mid="23048363" caption="Deon Louw telemark skiing on Aragats (4090m). April 2005" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
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Ararat

The legacy of history hangs in the air as two policemen stroll over the pavement at another hot and sunny summer day in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. They patrol the grounds of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial, dedicated to the Armenian genocide victims of 1915. Armenia’s holy mountain Ararat – now firmly in Anatolia - looms in the back, as a reminder of a dark and nebulous stretch of history. Every time I am in Armenia, no matter how sunny it is, beautiful Ararat seems to spread a somber aura over the country. Will I ever be able to visit Armenia or Turkey and see Ararat as worthy holy and religious mountain, signifying respect, dialogue and forgiveness?

&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/scan_17-2-2_850.jpg" width="850" height="521" width_o="1059" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/scan_17-2-2_o.jpg" data-mid="20945717" caption="Policemen at Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial, Yerevan. Ararat (5137 m) in the background. Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot and Photo Story.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, B+W yellow filter, Ilford FP4+. Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/DSC00753-Bearbeitet-2_850.jpg" width="757" height="568" width_o="757" height_o="568" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/DSC00753-Bearbeitet-2_o.jpg" data-mid="23048912" caption="Little Ararat (3896m) over Yerevan (Armenia). Great Ararat's (5137m) lower slopes rise to the right" border="0" align="left"/&#62;	Fullscreen


Nor Kharberd Orphanage

- Under Construction -

In the orphanage Kharberd near Yerevan, Armenia, about 280 children live under conditions hard to imagine for outsiders. Disabled, left behind by their parents and forgotten by society, they depend on the work of a few motivated and dedicated people - nurses, doctors, pedagogues and social workers. The goal of the photo project was to show the children and their dignity, despite their daily struggles and the situation they live in. 

&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/02_850.jpg" width="850" height="579" width_o="954" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/02_o.jpg" data-mid="24913215" caption="Nor Kharberd Orphanage.&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International M Analog Mastershot and Category &#38;quot;Children&#38;quot;&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Carl Zeiss Sonnar C 1.5/50, Leica M7, B+W yellow filter and Ilford FP4+.  Scanned with Hasselblad X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;
&#60;img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1050897-Edit-2.jpg" width="435" height="650" width_o="435" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172032/2361755/L1050897-Edit-2_o.jpg" data-mid="24913287" caption=" On the way to school. Nor Kharberd Orphanage&#38;lt;br&#38;gt;Leica Fotografie International Category &#38;quot;Children&#38;quot;. Leica X1" border="0" align="left"/&#62;</description>
		
		<excerpt>Armenia  I am currently on a photographic journey through the Caucasus, retracing my steps of earlier journeys. In March 2005 we were on a magical journey through...</excerpt>

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