Friday 22 January 2016

A cold sunset in Öresund

We have had many quite chilly days here in southern Sweden this January. However, sunsets are beautiful even in cold weather ...



Tuesday 19 January 2016

A Maritime Drawing

Today I photographed and coloured a wonderful drawing from the book "Svensk sjöfart" (Swedish shipping), published in 1921. The drawing was made by artist and architect Eduard Heurlin, who died in 1947.





Monday 18 January 2016

The brand new steamship "Teutonia" (early 20th century)



A little more than one hundred years ago the photographer asked people to pose in front of the then brand new Swedish cargo steamer "Teutonia". Judging from the picture, two people did not follow the photographer´s request to stand still ... :-)

(Colouring by me)