In the midst of my major project “Documenting all of Europe from the train” came a request from my favorite magazine to contribute a photo essay for the winter issue. Featuring winter pictures, of course… And because I always take my big trips in summer, this winter series was a tribute to my homeland as well. All the pictures I share here were taken on the train line Huglfing-Oberau, which runs through the Murnauer Moos and the “blue country” – an enchanting landscape in the foothills of the Alps, which has inspired artists like Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinski. For the indescribable tactile experience of real pictures on real paper, I of course recommend ordering „der Passagier”– besides my contribution, there is much more to discover in the “Magazine for Train Travelers”.

But here is just a little insight into this most beautiful of all routes:

dynamic picture of a frosted bush
This is where the Ice Queen lives
Abstract photograph of moorland
Reeds are some of my favourite models
artistic landscape photograph
The “Murnauer Moos” marshland
abstract landscape photograph
The soft hills make me think of waves
frost on branches
Beauty in the detail
marshland in motion blur
soft pastels and dark woods
abstract landscape photography
The movement creates inexplicable phenomena
motion blur landscape photography
dynamic reeds
Train tracks, a field and snow
Train tracks, a field and snow
soft motion blur and frost-covered plants
The cold Loisach in the background makes these frost-covered beauties shine.