Whilst Innsbruck in winter attracts those who ski, add a little sunlight to the city below the mountains and photographically it comes alive. That said, at 8am on a February morning, darkness still prevails as it envelopes the 6 white gowns on Fallmereyer-Strasse displayed for the Tirol Ball.Towards the end of the day, a lone snowboarder at SeegubreOn a grey February morning before any natural light had established itself, two bright yellow buses provide a little colour by the Central Station.A man without a reflection. Walking by Leopold's Fountain opposite the Hofburg on a grey winter morning.Yellow and orange walls on HerrengasseA blue cupola reflected in glassA jet flies over the Olympic Ski Jump at Bergisel leaving a white trail across an azure blue skyA cyclist reflectedA couple walking hand-in-hand through the AldStadt, viewed from the City TowerLate afternoon sunlight falls on the the burnt mustard walls of the LandestheatreThe Landesmuseum is not the most interesting art gallery in Europe. However, the building has grandeur. Whilst there is a small Breughel and a larger Caravaggio to be found, the red chair positioned on one of the corridors at the front of the building was the object which seemed to call to be photographed.Caught in the sunlight reflected on the golden yellow walls of the theatreA man in shadows enters The Hofburg from Hofgasse behind a bright red coat.Two angels in the central cemeteryA resident of the Alpenzoo stares back unblinkinglyOn a Berlin-like, grey, winter morning an uninspiring road leading away from the Central Station was lifted by the attentive eyes of a piece of blue street art.A bicycle and deep shadows on StainerstrasseThe midday sunlight enters the darkness of the 1st floor gallery of the Landesmuseum to create the impression of a mint-green neon tube surrounding a shrouded windowWalking by the Landestheatre as the late afternoon light enhances the orange and terracotta palette of the theatre, partially hidden by the splendid tree by the Leopold FountainA red coatSilhouetted in the archway leading from Hofgasse is a walking man with a folded umbrella.The view back down from the top of the City TowerParked on RennwegA last photograph through an archway on Domplatz
Simon Allen is a street photographer, having traveled to New York, Rome, London, Manchester, Bologna, Naples and Melbourne, amongst many other major world cities, representing the real wonder of the urban environment through his photography.
