Werner Cohnitz

Image Not Available for Japanese people celebrate the party of the 8 million Gods. Village children carry empty chairs for the gods through fields and villages as part of the celebration.

Image Not Available for A large ship sails through the Suez Canal.

Image Not Available for May is festival month of the Buddhists. The farmers in the villages surround their homes with gigantic embankments of coconuts, which are often some meters high and are composed from thousands of fresh nuts.

Image Not Available for Police patrol on the road alongside the Suez Canal.

Image Not Available for The road alongside the canal is protected from the wind-borne sand by straw walls. To the left of the road runs the railroad to Port Said.

Image Not Available for Rowboats lie on the beach of Locarno against the still waters of the bay, which is protected by the south slopes of the Alps.

Image Not Available for A Shintoistische procession similar to processions celebrated 2,000 years ago. The only modern looking person at the celebration is the policeman at the left of the photograph.

Image Not Available for Snow still lies on the mountains, as the first group of sunbathers of the season relax by the lake.

Image Not Available for A society woman from India studies the program for the next horse race.

Image Not Available for This elaborate hair style takes many hours to produce and is reminiscent of the styles of the 1790's.

Image Not Available for A trader sells coconuts for a few cents, which his costumers drink with pleasure.

Image Not Available for Village houses with the mountains in the distance.