Contact, imprint and credits

Legal information / Impressum

Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG / Legal information according to § 5 TMG

Laurent Delleré
Emser Str. 71
12051 Berlin

Kontakt / Contact

Telefon / phone: 0049 30 4005 4598
E-Mail / email: la-de@gmx.de

Redaktionell Verantwortlicher / Editor in charge

Laurent Delleré

Image credits

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jellyfish.jpg Denise Serra
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woman-artist-on-trapeze.jpg by master1305
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handling-file-with-documents.jpg by BernardoSv
leaking-wasching-machine.jpg by diego_cervo
credit-cards.jpg by alexialex
german-tax-form.jpg by seewhatmitchsee
time-to-pay-taxes.jpg by UnitoneVector
windmills-and-fields.jpg by elxeneize
internet-router-in-front-of-computer.jpg by Jens Domschky
berlin-oberbaumbruecke-friedrichshain-kreuzberg.jpg by Rudolf Ernst
rocket.jpg by peshkov
woman-in-workshop by AnnaStill
blue-bird.jpg by Janet Griffin-Scott
woman-in-front-of-paintings.jpg by Dusan Stankovic
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kids-around-nanny.jpg by AaronAmat
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