Hong Kong Black White

I shot in Hong Kong twice and took a bunch of photographs in the spare time, which I animated with Animoto. This is the result!

Merry Christmas! Here’s a gift for everyone, the free iBook ‘ASIA’ with my best photos from 2005-2010.

Check out a preview from the book: ASIA by JAKOB MONTRASIO You can download the iBook version for the iPhone and iPad free of charge right here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/533526/Asia-by_Jakob_Montrasio.epub You can download the book directly if you open the link from an iPhone or iPad. If you download it with a computer, just import it into iTunes afterwards and sync it to your device. You can...

Winter in Shanghai.

I took this photo in 2007 during the shooting of the movie JOHN RABE at the Huangpu river, where we had the boat backdrop. I have shot and edited this image for the ‘China Prophecy: Shanghai’ exhibition in The Skyscraper Museum in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Due to the limited space in the museum, only a dozen of images are showcased. This is one...

Shanghai Sideways.

Discover Shanghai from a sideways look, seated in the side-car of a classic motorbike.

John Rabe: Some photos from the shoot.

In October 2007, I had the chance to join the JOHN RABE movie team in Shanghai and took it immediately. What followed were almost 4 months full of excitement, pain and so much learning and experience. It was the best time of my life. And now, the movie finally started running in german cinemas. It will probably also start running in China on April 29th....

Damn you, earthquake!

That earthquake in Taiwan really makes my life a living hell: Just take a look at that loading bar.... I hope they tell the truth, as I am unable to work on my websites with full power...

I am a flick addict.

At the age of four, my dad took me to see Disney�s The Great Mouse Detective in a cinema. Seeing an animated mouse on a big screen was more then fun, it was a groundbreaking experience for me.


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