Hans von Sonntag
@havonso.bsky.social
Once a news cameraman capturing the Berlin Wall’s fall, Hans von Sonntag became an award-winning ad director. Now a ‘Conservation Success Manager,’ he crafts strategies and stories to help the conservation community make their mark.
Multipolar world, multipolar headaches.
While I’m still wrestling with climate and biodiversity, AI has joined the party — not just as a tool but as a force that could supercharge inequality. Here’s my take on this quietly brewing side crisis.
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While I’m still wrestling with climate and biodiversity, AI has joined the party — not just as a tool but as a force that could supercharge inequality. Here’s my take on this quietly brewing side crisis.
open.substack.com/pub/hansvons...
Let's talk about opportunities
The greatest threat AI poses isn't an AI-led rebellion
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March 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Multipolar world, multipolar headaches.
While I’m still wrestling with climate and biodiversity, AI has joined the party — not just as a tool but as a force that could supercharge inequality. Here’s my take on this quietly brewing side crisis.
open.substack.com/pub/hansvons...
While I’m still wrestling with climate and biodiversity, AI has joined the party — not just as a tool but as a force that could supercharge inequality. Here’s my take on this quietly brewing side crisis.
open.substack.com/pub/hansvons...
Flying to Galway to look at bogs that are finally being paid not to breathe out CO₂? That’s like driving a diesel SUV to a silent retreat—counterintuitive, but oddly symbolic.
March 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Flying to Galway to look at bogs that are finally being paid not to breathe out CO₂? That’s like driving a diesel SUV to a silent retreat—counterintuitive, but oddly symbolic.
This probably the most famous misattribution in art history. It’s not a Rembrandt (anymore). But it’s a remarkably powerful painting I enjoyed today at www.smb.museum/museen-einri...
February 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This probably the most famous misattribution in art history. It’s not a Rembrandt (anymore). But it’s a remarkably powerful painting I enjoyed today at www.smb.museum/museen-einri...
Yes it can. In some cases over 30 tonnes CO2 equivalent per hectare. Peatlands must be wet.
February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yes it can. In some cases over 30 tonnes CO2 equivalent per hectare. Peatlands must be wet.
Conservation Is Dying—Time to Rewild It
Why? Read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3QhIp64
#Setúbal #Society #Politics #Nature
Why? Read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3QhIp64
#Setúbal #Society #Politics #Nature
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Conservation Is Dying—Time to Rewild It
Why? Read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3QhIp64
#Setúbal #Society #Politics #Nature
Why? Read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3QhIp64
#Setúbal #Society #Politics #Nature
This horizon doesn’t answer; it only listens.
Water #12; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
Water #12; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
February 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This horizon doesn’t answer; it only listens.
Water #12; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
Water #12; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
Make no mistake: the wave is the Goliath here.
Water #8; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
Water #8; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Make no mistake: the wave is the Goliath here.
Water #8; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
Water #8; digitally printed negative. 80x60cm
#beautiful #art #water
I had the honour of meeting Branson in the 90s as a young TV reporter interviewing him about his Virgin music stores. He wore a knit jumper and stuttered as much as I did. Today, we acknowledge this as neurodiversity. Still, a long way to go.
When I was younger I was crippled with self-doubt…
Great to chat to the BBC about my experiences with imposter syndrome and how dyslexia has shaped my life (for the better).
It’s important to keep challenging the status quo that holds neurodivergent people back. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Great to chat to the BBC about my experiences with imposter syndrome and how dyslexia has shaped my life (for the better).
It’s important to keep challenging the status quo that holds neurodivergent people back. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC News - Imposter Syndrome, Sir Richard Branson
Does a successful entrepreneur still experience self-doubt despite all his success?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had the honour of meeting Branson in the 90s as a young TV reporter interviewing him about his Virgin music stores. He wore a knit jumper and stuttered as much as I did. Today, we acknowledge this as neurodiversity. Still, a long way to go.
A meadow where orchids bloom, clouds drift, and time stands still.
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Landscape #35; digitally printed negative. 55x40cm
#beautiful #art #nature
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Landscape #35; digitally printed negative. 55x40cm
#beautiful #art #nature
February 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A meadow where orchids bloom, clouds drift, and time stands still.
hansvonsonntag.com
Landscape #35; digitally printed negative. 55x40cm
#beautiful #art #nature
hansvonsonntag.com
Landscape #35; digitally printed negative. 55x40cm
#beautiful #art #nature
I’d say Hope Matters.
My to-read pile is becoming a little overwhelming. So many good books, so little reading time.
Any advice on which of these to go for next?
Any advice on which of these to go for next?
February 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I’d say Hope Matters.
Reposted by Hans von Sonntag
This is ‘Medusa’. Some of the waves in my ‘Sirens’ series took some thought before naming, but not this one.
February 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is ‘Medusa’. Some of the waves in my ‘Sirens’ series took some thought before naming, but not this one.
At my father's workplace there was a Tinguely machine. It had a little switch and the machine started moving to my delight. As a boy of ten or so, I absolutely understood why a machine doing nothing meaningful was meaningful.
Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines that extended the Dada tradition as an antithesis of the commodification of art, many that self destructed to the delight of anyone in witness.
Robert Doisneau ~ Jean Tinguely, Portrait de l'artiste (1959)
#Photography
Robert Doisneau ~ Jean Tinguely, Portrait de l'artiste (1959)
#Photography
February 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
At my father's workplace there was a Tinguely machine. It had a little switch and the machine started moving to my delight. As a boy of ten or so, I absolutely understood why a machine doing nothing meaningful was meaningful.
Reposted by Hans von Sonntag
February 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just like the birds, just like the water, just like the rhythm of nature that knows how to endure.
Flamingos #6; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#beautiful #art #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue
Flamingos #6; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#beautiful #art #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just like the birds, just like the water, just like the rhythm of nature that knows how to endure.
Flamingos #6; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#beautiful #art #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue
Flamingos #6; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#beautiful #art #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue
An intriguing, ongoing exhibition in Dusseldorf shows Richter's paintings from the 60ies until today loaned by local collectors. It gives a rare insight into the works of a master painter when leaving out the famous stuff. www.kunstpalast.de/de/event/ric...
February 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
An intriguing, ongoing exhibition in Dusseldorf shows Richter's paintings from the 60ies until today loaned by local collectors. It gives a rare insight into the works of a master painter when leaving out the famous stuff. www.kunstpalast.de/de/event/ric...
A complex layer cake in muted tones.
February 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A complex layer cake in muted tones.
Reposted by Hans von Sonntag
Magnificent live oak of Louisiana. Add some deers and then it's like magic. 😊
#forest #trees #photography
#landscapephotography #USA #Louisiana
#forest #trees #photography
#landscapephotography #USA #Louisiana
February 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Magnificent live oak of Louisiana. Add some deers and then it's like magic. 😊
#forest #trees #photography
#landscapephotography #USA #Louisiana
#forest #trees #photography
#landscapephotography #USA #Louisiana
I've seen Ospreys catching fish. Often looking astonishingly effortless. Amazing to see the how it really looks like.
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I've seen Ospreys catching fish. Often looking astonishingly effortless. Amazing to see the how it really looks like.
Never seen an iceberg myself. Interesting subjects.
The colors and quality of light in Greenland are unlike any I have seen. Softly undulating waters reflect the sky above, while two icebergs contrast against the cyan/green horizon. 📷
February 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Never seen an iceberg myself. Interesting subjects.
A flamingo twosome, still wading, still unbothered—except now, they seem to have slipped into another dimension.
Flamingos #4; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue #NatureConservation #AlteredReality
Flamingos #4; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue #NatureConservation #AlteredReality
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A flamingo twosome, still wading, still unbothered—except now, they seem to have slipped into another dimension.
Flamingos #4; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue #NatureConservation #AlteredReality
Flamingos #4; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead #Camargue #NatureConservation #AlteredReality
The Queen of All Colours
Skin tones: how we see humanity, how humanity sees us.
Read on: https://buff.ly/3WzxrfN
#Beautiful #Art #Photography #Society
Skin tones: how we see humanity, how humanity sees us.
Read on: https://buff.ly/3WzxrfN
#Beautiful #Art #Photography #Society
February 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Queen of All Colours
Skin tones: how we see humanity, how humanity sees us.
Read on: https://buff.ly/3WzxrfN
#Beautiful #Art #Photography #Society
Skin tones: how we see humanity, how humanity sees us.
Read on: https://buff.ly/3WzxrfN
#Beautiful #Art #Photography #Society
High Ground, Low Stakes: Watching over the waves, or just watching time drift by?
Read more about Red and Blue here: https://buff.ly/40UcAGK
Beach #4; digitally printed negative. 120x80cm
#BeachChronicles #WatchingWaves #TimeDrifts #LifeguardLife #SeaGaze
Read more about Red and Blue here: https://buff.ly/40UcAGK
Beach #4; digitally printed negative. 120x80cm
#BeachChronicles #WatchingWaves #TimeDrifts #LifeguardLife #SeaGaze
February 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
High Ground, Low Stakes: Watching over the waves, or just watching time drift by?
Read more about Red and Blue here: https://buff.ly/40UcAGK
Beach #4; digitally printed negative. 120x80cm
#BeachChronicles #WatchingWaves #TimeDrifts #LifeguardLife #SeaGaze
Read more about Red and Blue here: https://buff.ly/40UcAGK
Beach #4; digitally printed negative. 120x80cm
#BeachChronicles #WatchingWaves #TimeDrifts #LifeguardLife #SeaGaze
Why ADHD Is a Fad (And Why This Is a Good Thing)
Why is it that everyone is suddenly fluent in psychology? There are two key reasons ... read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3Coi5US
My atelier. Photo Hans von Sonntag
Why is it that everyone is suddenly fluent in psychology? There are two key reasons ... read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3Coi5US
My atelier. Photo Hans von Sonntag
February 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why ADHD Is a Fad (And Why This Is a Good Thing)
Why is it that everyone is suddenly fluent in psychology? There are two key reasons ... read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3Coi5US
My atelier. Photo Hans von Sonntag
Why is it that everyone is suddenly fluent in psychology? There are two key reasons ... read on my Substack: https://buff.ly/3Coi5US
My atelier. Photo Hans von Sonntag
Flamingos don’t sit. They stand, they wade, they wait.
Flamingo #7; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Nature #Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead
Check my Substack:https://buff.ly/3WGv3UC
Flamingo #7; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Nature #Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead
Check my Substack:https://buff.ly/3WGv3UC
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Flamingos don’t sit. They stand, they wade, they wait.
Flamingo #7; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Nature #Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead
Check my Substack:https://buff.ly/3WGv3UC
Flamingo #7; digitally printed negative. 40x30cm
#Nature #Art #Beautiful #Photography #FilmIsNotDead
Check my Substack:https://buff.ly/3WGv3UC