Unlike other German cities of its size Munich has no greater metropolitan area which surrounds it. Instead (and with one exception in the north west), it just peters out into the Munich gravel plain. The city’s perimeter cuts through this like a bulging circle, spanning roughly 120 kilometers, running through pastures, forests, golf courses, a few ponds, new development areas and the notorious gravel works which dig into Munich‘s glacial past. 

From January 2026 to January 2027 I will be walking this perimeter, counterclockwise. I am exploring and documenting the city‘s very defining line, strictly sticking to it through GPS. And while I know where my position on the map is, my own sense of orientation often get‘s lost. Cultural artefacts come as some kind of solace then. It‘s some sort of adventure every time I go. 

My approach to taking pictures is simple: mostly subject-centered compositions, not much mise-en-scène, no fancy perspectives, full-colour. The subjects are cultural artefacts of any kind, but always decidedly mundane.

More than a third of the course has been accomplished so far. I will continue my hike in late December 2027.

Some of these pictures were part of the PAUSE exhibition (showing photos by Mark Power and the participants of his Berlin class in 2025) in early summer of 2026 at Flutgraben e.V. in Berlin, organized by Werkstatt Berlin.