East Side Gallery, Berlin. Murals are now painted on the East side of the Berlin Wall, where not long ago you couldn’t even get close enough to touch the wall without fatal consequences. This part of the wall is along the banks of the Spree.
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Berlin Wall
Sunday, August 11th, 2019Berlin Wall
Saturday, August 10th, 2019..May 2010.. ..Berlin..
On August 13th, 1961 Berliners returning home from a summer’s weekend found their city and lives cut in two.
Günter Schabowski
Friday, November 6th, 2015….May 2010 ….East Side Gallery, Berlin….
During an infamous press conference on November 9th 1989, Günter Schabowski, an unofficial government spokesman for the East German government and member of the Politburo, hastily announced new travel regulations allowing East German citizens to cross the border with proper permission. His confusing answers gave the impression the borders would be opened immediately. Hours later the Berlin Wall crumbled.
Günter Schabowski passed away this week, about a week before the anniversary of that history changing night. Four years ago when I began photographing people who had their lives changed by the division of Germany, Mr. Schabowski was already seriously ill and living in a nursing home. I regret not being able to get his portrait.
Berlin Wall
Saturday, August 13th, 2011..August 2011.. ..Berlin..
Staring at the East side of the Berlin Wall with Western eyes.
The more I learn about East and West Germany the more confused I become. It is a riddle that when I begin to figure it out, I realize I know less now knowing more than I knew knowing less.
This is a link to the Wende Museum’s interview with Hagen Koch. He was the young man responsible for drawing the map and creating the original boundaries to what became the Berlin Wall. His life is fascinating and ever linked to the Wall. I’ve always wanted to photograph him. When I pursued contacting him, I learned he was in fragile health after suffering a stroke. The opportunity to photograph him lost. This is his interview with the Wende Museum.
http://www.wendemuseum.org/participate/historical-witness-hagen-koch
My attempts to document the lives of people affected by the Berlin Wall has not made significant progress yet due to the time I’ve given to the From Above project (focusing of atomic bomb survivors and fire bombing survivors) and lack of resources. I hope to one day be able to document the stories of people affected by the wall, both from the East and West, before the stories are swept away by time and a desire to push aside history that we want others to forget.
East Side Gallery, Berlin. Murals are now painted on the East side of the Berlin Wall, where not long ago you couldn’t even get close enough to touch the wall without fatal consequences. This part of the wall is along the banks of the Spree.
Berlin Wall
Sunday, August 15th, 2010..August 2010.. ..Along the Spree River…
At the East Side Gallery along the Spree River.
Berlin Wall
Saturday, August 14th, 2010..August 2010.. ..New York to Berlin..
On August 13th, 1961 Berliners returning home from a summer’s weekend found their city and lives cut in 2.
Berlin Wall
Friday, August 13th, 2010..May 2010 Along the Spree River, Berlin..
Staring at the East side of the Berlin Wall with Western eyes.
East Side Gallery, Berlin. Murals are now painted on the East side of the Berlin Wall, where not long ago you couldn’t even get close enough to touch the wall without fatal consequences. This part of the wall is along the banks of the Spree.