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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:51:39 +0100
References: <4CE91247.6020306@gmx.de> <AC7D6CDC-19D4-439D-9819-35E5CE943227@frozenlight.eu>

Hi Nathan,,

In fact neither of them are all that attractive to me - 
I find Binz to be rather sterile, not much character at 
all.

But of course it might be better in summer.

I actually much prefer the North Sea - it has proper 
tides - the Baltic is more or less an oversized pond:-)

Cheers
Douglas

On 27.11.2010 21:22, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Not a place I would want to go on holiday, even though it is in a 
> beautiful part of the country. But you documented it very well.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Some shots from our recent trip to Stralsund and across the bridge to the 
>> island of Ruegen.
>>
>> Binz is a holiday resort from the times of the German Kaisers - and has 
>> not changed much since.
>>
>> Prora is a development from an even darker era of German history - and 
>> has not changed at all.
>>
>> Built by the KdF movement as a happy holiday home for tens of thousands 
>> of Nazis, it was never actually completed and used for its intended 
>> purpose.
>>
>> Its varied post-war history includes use as barracks for the GDR 
>> Volksarmee (the perpetuation of German dictatorship under a different 
>> political colour), accommodation for Russian occupation forces and, after 
>> reunification, numerous projects that were all doomed to failure - 
>> probably due to the atmosphere of the place: cold, uninviting, 
>> overpowering and desolate.
>>
>> The gallery starts here: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Ruegen/Binz_Prora-0002.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and criticism welcomed
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
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In reply to: Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen)