Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A wonderful film, made shortly before the brilliant leading character played by Ulrich M?he, a very popular German TV and movie actor died of cancer. Here are a couple of shots taken in the "East" last weekend - they didn't remove all the obvious traces after the wall came down. Advertising on a building close to Karl Marx Allee (formerly Stalin Allee) http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/166648-1/LUG_Berlin__MG_9973.jpg Karl Marx Allee in the evening sun last Sunday http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/166651-1/LUG_Berlin__MG_9982.jpg Cheers Douglas Peter Klein wrote: > This is fantastic, Mads. > > How many of you have seen the German film, "The Lives of Others," > which depicts life in East Berlin under the Stasi. The director said > that one of the ways that they evoked that time and place was to > minimize the use of red in the scenery. Ironically, the sometimes > outdated color film used in Beier's photos evokes a similar feeling, > even though the actual color shift is different. > > --Peter > > "Mads Christensen" <mads.christensen at gmx.net> wrote: > >> The Danish daily Politiken.dk ran an article today about 60,000 >> forgotten >> photos showing daily life in DDR, all taken by a teacher Manfred Beier >> (1927-2002). There was a link to this article on Spiegel.de: >> >> >> >> http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,627720,00.html >> >> >> >> According to the Spiegel article, a photography exhibit at the Berlin >> gallery "Unterwegs" features a selection of Beier's photos until June >> 20. >> More information <http://www.berlinbook.com/4752.html> here (in >> German): >> >> >> >> http://www.berlinbook.com/4752.html >> >> The Beier Collection Web site can be reached here: >> >> http://www.sammlung-beier.de/english >> Mads >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >