Swakopmund Multitudes

 

Colorful Swakopmund Sign and Store Windows

 

Colorful Swakopmund Architecture

 Much of downtown Swakopmund was built during the 1930s, with colorful geometries reminiscent of the Bauhaus school.

Flamingos and Pelican

Animals on the Dunes

 Antelope and jackal

Dune Buggy Rides

Celebrating a successful descent.

Swakopmund Beach Tracks

 Dune buggies are very much in favor.

Dune Contours near Swakopmund

Reminiscent of the surfaces of Henry Moore sculptures.

Strange Birds

 Pelican and flamingos in the Swakopmund harbor.

 

Colorful Swakopmund Modernity

 Three photos from Swakopmund, Namibia - connected only by their location and colorful geometry.

Transition to a Rothko

 The sunset over the sea in Swakopmund was vivid, the end result reminding me of a Mark Rothko painting. With some help from Adobe Lightroom, here's the transition over a few minutes. 

 

First Evening Stroll in Swakopmund

Gentle evening light, a balmy evening, a pleasant beach, and a flock of guinea fowls. What more could one ask?

The photo below is one of the first I took, instinctively, in Swakopmund.  When I looked at the back of my camera, I was struck by the silhouetted boys running into the water, and immediately thought of the famous photo by Martin Munkasci from the 1930s, which Henri Cartier-Bresson acknowledged as a lifelong influence. A nice coincidence.

Up the Coast to Swakopmund

An abandoned diamond mining effort, one of numerous shipwrecks, and the salt evaporating ponds south of the capitol.

From Sossusvlei to the Southwest Coast of Africa

 Good-natured farewell by the staff  of the Desert Lodge and a fine flight over the desert to the sea.