Weeks ago I took my belly and myself and had breakfast with >>this beautiful young lady<<. Kitzia is originally from Mexico and spent some time here in Berlin this summer, PLUS she's an amazing photographer, PLUS she's just really sweet. Love these because of all the emotions and am waving back to Mexico (check out the baby bee on picture #2).










All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

My blood circulation is on an all-time low and I am getting dizzy very easily, so running around is getting trickier, though my energy level is still up and pumped. I've been going crazy renovating, painting, planning. Apartment is making big time progress, and we will actually move in next weekend. Mini-me, get ready!






















All photos: Carolin Weinkopf via iPhone

So it's week #1 of >>i-ref's<< series on >>my photography<<. We're starting with a long interview and large selection of photographs from >>Macedonia<<.

>>Check it out!<<




Screenshot borrowed from i-ref.de

Lisa and I went to university together (and this was years ago, oh my...). She's always been one of those promising girls from journalism classes, with a >>saucy writing<< and the right portion of self-confidence to >>move mountains<<. Almost two years ago, Lisa wrote her >>debut novel for Suhrkamp<<, now she's in the final throes of her new book for Berlin Verlag and a senior creative at one of Berlin's cool media agencies as well.

I shot Lisa's official author portrait a few weeks ago while drinking purple lemonade, spilling coffee on the table and having great conversations. Such a pleasure.





All photos: Carolin Weinkopf for Berlin Verlag

I met Birte in >>New York<< two years ago during a workshop organized by >>Ostkreuz<<. She 's one of the very few students at the school (I haven't met that many to be honest) whose work I truly loved.

Birte is in the middle of her >>final thesis<< right now photographing a stunning project on >>"The Irish Travelers"<<, a community of nomads in Ireland. There aren't many students putting this much emphasis into their school projects and these photos are just amazing, shedding light into a society that hasn't been documented before.

This is a beautiful, a brave, yet an expensive project and Birte needs funding to pay for gas, for food and for flights while she lives in the middle of the people she is photographing and for prints and frames for the exhibition. Take a heart and support her project with a small (or a big) amount of money on >>emphas.is<<. There are only four more days to go and Birte will only be granted if her goal of 3450 Euros is reached. >>Please help!<<

Update: She's made it! Thank you very much!





All photos: Birte Kaufmann

I'm starting week 37 today and can't believe I've made it so far (while Turkish salesmen seem to know: he'll be here tomorrow! Everytime they see me...). I feel pretty great due to a lot of distraction (I've been painting kitchen cabinets all week), acupuncture (it's done miracles!) and the support of my dear friends. I'm still sleeping okay most of the time, though interrupted by pee-pee breaks every 30 - 120 minutes, I am still eating healthy (though mini-me is demanding more and more sugar lately and performing belly dances once I give in) and my weight gain is *remarkable* but manageable.

I wouldn't say I'm really nervous, but quite excited in a good way. I'm using my surprising energy for victims of procrastination (like cleaning, my taxes, old photos I've never looked at, invoices I haven't sent out...) and lots of ubahn riding (this is my 9 months maternity photography project, so stay tuned).

Apparently today they really started with the remaining work in our new apartment (bedroom floors, wall painting), so I'm full of optimism and expectations. And this also means we'll be able to move in soon.

Life is good to me these days. What else is there to say.



























All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

I feel honored and very flattered (and a bit proud as well!) to announce the following:

The awesome people at >>i-ref<< - magazine for contemporary culture are doing a weekly special on my photography, introducing a different series every friday.

Check out the little >>interview<< I gave them to start of and to introduce myself and what they made of it (I love it). I am especially puzzled and smitten with the beautiful words an almost 90 year old has put underneath.

♥

(PS: And for the celebration of this lovely feature - my like button is working again (thank you Benni!!!), so use it if you like!)


Screenshot borrowed from i-ref.de

After shouting for the last chance of portraits before my maternity leave, a bunch of people contacted me for photos. >>This<< lovely young lady was one of my favourites, so kind, so unpretentious and sure so pretty. I'm still pumped of how much she loved the shoot and the outcome and can't wait to shoot portraits again with mini-me out here in the world.








All photos: Carolin Weinkopf

These days I've been on the run a lot and have been lucky to collect a few great shots on the tracks.












All photos: Carolin Weinkopf via iPhone

I've been so busy running around, being acupunctured, shooting, editing, meeting friends, cuddling my sister and her boyfriend and having fun that I almost forgot posting my iPhone diaries. Now I've got so many favourite pictures that I feel I'll have to split this post into two so i won't overwhelm you.

(And I do need to figure out what happened to my story like buttons... they just suddenly disappeared... erm, tomorrow. And help is appreciated.)






























All photos: Carolin Weinkopf via iPhone