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Subject: [Leica] 'Berlin' NOW '3 days of Berlin'
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Nov 5 18:06:28 2005
References: <BF92B95B.7A3A%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

Very nice collection.

You could cut cheap beef with the edge of this building. Very dramatic.
http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020106.html

I love the geometry and the color here. It would labor my patience to  
see how many dispositions of humans I could get to choose from. Your  
choice is fine.
http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020126.html

This one had my family asking what was the matter. I laughed so hard,  
I thought I'd choke. I would have thought people would have to know  
each other to be this uncomfortable.
http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020119.html

Thanks you!

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies



On Nov 5, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Thank you Eric, Don, Dick, Luis, Douglas and Ric for commenting on my
> previous posted miniseries of our visit to Berlin.
>
> Meanwhile, I've had the time to edit all the shots I made during the 3
> wonderful days my wife and I spent there and I present you a  
> selection of
> them below.
> All shots were made with my Digilux 2, RAW format at 100 ASA, full  
> auto.
> Always handheld, which in some cases lead to not 100% sharp images.
> Sometimes extensive PS work, since you might know that I consider  
> this an
> equally important part of picture making/visualising in these  
> digital days.
> But that is a debate that I hope will not be held in this thread.
> I hope you enjoy them.
>
> (if you don't like to read: the entire series is at
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/)
>
> 1. Day 1: Kaiser Wilhelm Ged?chtniskirche (close to the Zoo  
> Bahnhof) + from
> the Alexanderplatz over the Museum Insel to the Brandenburger Tor
>
> Starting at the Ged?chtniskirche:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020062.html
>
> Very close to the Alexanderplatz (ex East Berlin) stands an impressive
> tower: the Fernseh Turm (Television tower):
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020064.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020066.html
> We didn't go to the top of it, since that would have meant waiting  
> for an
> hour or so, and we had other things to do.
>
> Between the Alexanderplatz and the Brandenburger Tor: the Museum  
> Insel.
> An 'island' packed with musea and monuments, such as the Berliner Dom
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020067.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020069.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020078.html
> And the Altes Museum (the old museum):
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020071.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020073.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020076.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020077.html
>
> A bit further, almost at Unter Den Linden, the former central  
> boulevard of
> better Berlin, the Neue Wache. It started to get darker already at  
> that
> time, and the city light were put on:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020079.html
>
> Finally, we arrived at the Brandenburger Tor, restaured in its  
> former glory.
> 15 years ago, before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this site was  
> completely
> left at its own. Now it stands as a beacon again, in the center of  
> the town:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020080.html
>
> On the Pariser Platz, which lies on the east side of the Tor, we had a
> coffee in the caf? of the New Academy of Arts:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020083.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020084.html
>
> And after that, we went back to our hotel to prepare for dinner:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020087.html
>
> 2. Day 2: Potsdamer Platz and surroundings
>
> Potsdamer Platz was a waistland in the dim years between WW2 and  
> some 15
> years ago. Now it is vibrating with life, and new and modern  
> buildings pop
> out at an incredible place. But sometimes you still can see a grim  
> reminder
> of how controlled the East Berliners were:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020090.html
>
> We went to see the Martin Gropius Bau, where an international  
> photography
> exhibition was held, but the only spot one could take photographs  
> was in the
> cafetaria:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020095.html
>
> Walking in the direction of Chackpoint Charlie, an old East german  
> building
> still stood there, waiting to be renovated into expensive offices  
> or lofts.
> Not everybody likes luxury though:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020096.html
>
> Proof of why the East German system delivered such fine athletes in a
> certain period: there wasn't much else to do, and sports were heavily
> promoted, wherever you lived:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020104.html
>
> Meanwhile, cutting edge architecture at the Potsdamer Platz:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020106.html
>
> And a, er, selfportrait:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020113.html
>
> Back to the Zoo Station, where we also visited the Museum f?r  
> Photographie.
> A permanent exhibition and ode to Helmut Newton + some new talent.
> Personally, I don't like Helmut Newton's work that much (it's as if  
> he hates
> women), but it certainly was renewing in its days, and still is  
> inspiring.
> On the top floor, ni the old casino of the Wehrmacht, an impressive
> exposition space with the work of young photographers. I liked the  
> space
> more that their work...
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020114.html
>
> We took the S-Bahn to the Hamburger Bahnhof, now the Museum for  
> Gegenwart
> (Modern Art), so I decided to do a B.D. style metro shot:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020119.html
>
> The museum itself was impressive, even before entering:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020124.html
>
> The entrance of the main hall:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020126.html
>
> It was one of the only musea we visited in Berlin, where  
> photography was
> allowed (without flash, but we're Leica, so who cares :):
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020133.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020137.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020139.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020140.html
>
> The end of the left wing of the museum:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020144.html
>
> And the walk back to the main hall:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020148.html
>
> It is sometimes said that the modern artist needs drugs and pills  
> to produce
> renewing work, and I think it's true:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020153.html
>
> And after taking them, everything becomes a work of art:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020155.html
>
> Leaving the museum, the artificial light turned the place into  
> something
> magical:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020158.html
>
> So we took another coffee at the Museum cafe, where I spotted this  
> 'reading
> symmetry':
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020161.html
>
> 3. Day 3: the impressive and silencing day
>
> There are a lot of Jewish memorials in Berlin, for very obvious  
> reasons, but
> IMO 2 stand out.
>
> One is the Jewish Memorial, a chilling and silencing place that  
> makes you
> feel just for a tiny bit, what the Jewish must have suffered  
> between '39 and
> '45:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020163.html
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020165.html
>
> The other one is the Jewish Museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind,  
> one of my
> most preferred contemporary architects. The Museum gives you,  
> almost at any
> spot, a feeling of total desorientation. Again to make clear to  
> visitors
> what it means to be rejected and haunted. I think Libeskind  
> succeeded in
> this:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020172.html
>
> And to finish, in the Oranienburger Strasse another glass  
> decoration, but of
> a different kind than the first one posted in this message:
> http://users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/Berlin/pages/L1020173.html
>
> Thanks for looking, and if you're still up to it, commenting on these
> images.
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
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