books

Experience the longing for the width of the ocean

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by Hans Supenkämper

In this picture book I try to express and make visible something of one of my “Guidelines”, something that lives, so to say, between the lines, in the eyes and hearts, in the ideas and intentions of the people, in the moods of the landscape, in the elements.

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Yusuf’s Rose Garden

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by Hans Supenkämper

In Turkey I came across Yusuf and Kenan Aydin’s farm where roses are cultivated for essential oil. Having seen many other rose fields in many other countries, it was very clear that these roses from the small rose village of Ardicli were the very best I had experienced. Fortunately, Yusuf can speak German because he lived with his family in Cologne for many years. So we were able to communicate and exchange in German. 

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