F/Stop Leipzig

On to Leipzig to attend F/Stop's International Photography Festival, where this year's theme was “Where do we go from here?”. More than 50 artists from 15 countries presented an array of compelling work... dealing with the latitude of an aimless present, in-between retrospection, development and visions of the future.

After the photo festival we checked out the new Museum of Fine Arts, which left quite an impression. Ironically it was not the artwork which stood out to me, it was the actual structure itself! I've never been in a museum of that scale where so little of the space was utilized for art... it was bizarre. Don't get me wrong I'm not a huge fan of the salon style of viewing art where there are a million things on one wall, but this took it to the polar opposite extreme. I mean even the cafe was overboard (check out the image below). We had the obligatory lunchtime coffee & cake :) and then headed outside of the city to Cospudiner Lake. With sugar pumping through our veins and great weather we decided to rent bikes and biked all the way around the lake (about 10 miles). During the ride we also came upon an awesome observation tower (pictured below).