MARCH 2007 – An old cigarette machine shows the sign ‘Leer’ (‘Empty’) in Tönning, Germany. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
In 2007 we visited the North Sea coast in Germany. We picked up our rental car in Hamburg and drove to St. Peter Ording, a popular summer destination with magnificent beaches and stunning stilted buildings.
On our way towards St. Peter we stopped by in Tönning, a beautiful historic town at the river Eider which is close enough to the North Sea to operate a harbour.
We explored the town and enjoyed the walk through the historic streets with its narrow houses. In the middle of the Kattreppel – at house number 22 – I discovered two cigarette vending machines. They were built into the brick wall and heavily secured by a sturdy metal rail. It was empty. It must have been empty for a long time, since there was a green sticker promoting the price of 5,– DM per pack. At that time the Euro currency had been introduced for five years already!
I could not resist to take a shot of this machine which stands for an outdated activity (smoking), an outdated technology (mechanic vending machines), and an outdated currency (DM).
By the way, recent images by Google streetview show that the two vending machines have been removed. Today, there is just a clean brick wall.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 24-MAR-2007, 12:05 |
| Location | Tönning, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM |
| ISO | 200 |
| Exposure | 1/160 sec at f/18 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4992 x 3328 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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