Retired Christmas Trees

10.12.2012 · 3 comments

There is no Christ­mas without an ever­green fir tree. The tra­di­tion of put­ting a Christ­mas tree in your home dates back many moons and I won’t bore you now with his­toric details (except for point­ing out this exhib­i­tion at the “Museum of European Cul­tures”, which show­cases Christ­mas pyr­am­ids, the Christ­mas dec­or­a­tion found in Ger­man homes before
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Finding Karl-Marx-Allee

19.09.2012 · 3 comments

Ber­lin in the wee hours is divine. Exper­i­en­cing this serenity when the city wakes up can be the best chill-out effect after dan­cing the night away. Recently, I took a walk home along Karl-Marx-Allee, in my eyes Berlin’s most impress­ive and most scenic grand boulevard. After the end of WW2, the major­ity of Ber­lin was in ruins.

Finding Prora

28.08.2012 · No comments

Ber­lins his­tory extends through the whole of Ger­many. Some­times the leftovers of a col­lect­ive past can still be found all over the coun­try. In this case, Prora makes quite an impres­sion. Fel­low pho­to­grapher Andreas Bohlender gen­er­ously let us pub­lish his edit­or­ial and beau­ti­ful pic­tures of the aban­doned Nazi hol­i­day camp that never was. Thank you for