The inspiration for this image goes back a long way. My father worked in an office right at the Theresienwiese, and for as long as I can remember I knew this view out of the window onto the Wiesn and the Oktoberfest. From the roof of the building the view is even better, and when my father stopped working in that office, I really wanted to hold on to the view I had known since I was a child.

Making this picture was by far the most relaxed of all the works. I went up onto the roof with a few friends, set up my camera, and waited about an hour until I liked the light. After that it did get a little tense again, because this was the first large format image I developed myself, and the tank I use for large format works a bit differently than the ones for 35mm or medium format, so I wasn't sure everything would come out right.

I went back and forth for a long time about whether to exhibit this one at all, because compared to the others I find it the most "normal", and with the Oktoberfest context in Munich it felt a little kitschy to me. But in the end it fit well, partly because I wanted to show an image from my home city, and partly because the moment I stood in front of the printed picture I realized it belonged in the exhibition. One basic idea I already had in mind with the first image in this direction was that I wanted the pictures to work like a "Wimmelbild" in a children's book, where one particular thing is shown but the longer you look the more you keep discovering, until you can lose yourself in it. This image embodies exactly that for me, and I couldn't be happier that I can stand in front of it and lose myself in it like a child.