5192 x 3455 px | 44 x 29,3 cm | 17,3 x 11,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
6 avril 2009
Informations supplémentaires:
Berlin 2009. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall which I photographed in 1989 for the Independent Newspaper I returned to photograph the changes that have happened over the past 20 years. Potsdamer Platz with Leipziger Platz off to the right and in the former eastern sector. The WALL ran across Potsdamer Platz through the centre of the iamge. The photograph is taken from the former Western side. Site of worlds first traffic lights. The buildings are: L-R Beisheim Centre and Hotel Ritz-Carlton by Hilmer and Sattler, 2004. The Bankhaus Delbruck by Hans Kollhof, 2003. A 'Mock up' of Leipziger Platz 18 by Rave Architects and on the right Mosse-Palais by Strauch and Gallagher, 1996 befor a further 'mock up' on the extreme right. 2009