I didn't really go out with much of an incentive for this shoot, I just wanted to capture things that had a relation to the Berlin Wall and the Holocaust event. And thus were connected to my projects idea of freedom of speech and oppression.
This first image shows the 'Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe' which is a sculpture designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. I think this image works well to represent the scale of the memorial because it looks like the blocks rise as high as the apartments in the background.
These next few images show the existing parts of the Berlin wall which used to separate the East and West. In its day there were two walls which separated the two sides and barbed wire and guard towers in the middle, but now the wall is only one wall thick. I think this image has a good contrasting element to it because it contrasts the old wall to the new skyscraper behind it, which I thinks makes the image give the effect of how Berlin has moved on from those darker times and re built itself.
This image made me laugh at the time as it states:
'Just incase you don't know'
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As you can see, the wall has now been covered in colourful graffiti. I think this brings colour to such a dark event, but the walls itself is a standing reminder to everyone of the dark times that are now behind them.
This image shows the graffiti of an iconic image which was taken by Regis Bossu in East Berlin on October 7, 1979. The image which I have put the original below, shows a kiss between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker which celebrated the 30th anniversary celebration of the German Democratic Republic.
