The 2019 dozen

Thomas Höpker, one of the most famous German photojournalists and member of the MAGNUM photo agency, at the opening of his show ‘Strange Encounters’ at in focus Galerie. When I was a boy, his stories from around the world fascinated me and started my interest in photography.
Cologne, Germany.

A young student carrying his guitar to the classroom at the music school at the Centro de la Cultura San Agustín in La Orotava. The Centro is located in the building of an Augustinian monastery.
La Orotava, Tenerife, Spain.

Runner on the Flößerbrücke.
Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Flower seller.
Vienna, Austria.

At a shooting range in Montana, Laura Schultz shows off her new pink rifle she calls 'The Heartbreaker'.
Lothair, Montana, USA.

'Tough enough to wear pink' fundraiser at the rodeo. The 'freshly squeezed' T-shirt advertise mammograms.
Great Falls, Montana, USA.

Eileen Laskowski drawing at her house in Great Falls, MT. Eileen is an artist and also employed at the city's
C. M. Russell Museum as Education and Programs Manager. Sandy, one of her dogs, is lying at her feet.
Great Falls, Montana, USA.

At Mount Rushmore National Monument, visitors take pictures of the four presidents' illuminated faces.
Keystone, South Dakota, USA.

The Hi-Line Theatre in Rudyard, MT, a community of about 250. Willard 'Gus' Gustafson and his wife
Ophelia (née Rodriguez) have been running this movie theater since 2002.
Rudyard, Montana, USA.

Aischa-Lina Löbbert in the role of Gelsomina in the play ‘La Strada – Ein Landstreich’ on the bank of the river Rhine.
Cologne, Germany.

Interesting weather conditions at the Drachenfels (Dragon’s Rock).
Königswinter, Germany.