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I call it "my little favorite forest" - this forest is my oasis when I'm in Germany. I listen to the sounds of the forest - the whispering of the trees as the branches rustle in the wind - the singing of the birds as they tell each other the news - or the cracking in the bushes - sometimes it's loud in the forest and suddenly it's quiet again.

Its not what you look at that matters, Its what you see. ---- Henry David Thoreau ---- I love to make pictures - to capture the moment. These magical moments give us memories. People tell me always: - you have good eyes - you see things I would never see. A friend once said to me: - think about where this talent comes from, I knew immediately what she meant. I grew up as the fourth child of deaf parents. Even though my parents were deaf - we had a nice childhood, a childhood with love. Although it was a difficult situation, different than my friends families. My siblings and I learned quickly to take on more responsibility, we grew up much faster than other kids. My mother compensated for...