Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That film is one of my all-time favorites. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:06 PM, 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 sometimes outdated color film used in Beier's photos evokes a 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