The 2ed exhibiton of FENSTER61 in this year’s European Month of Photography in Berlin is up since Monday night. Christian Doppelgatz ist showing a series of striking portraits he took of youngsters from Berlin-Marzahn last year. Check out more portraits of the series on his website.
Several times over several seasons Dutch photographer Rogier Alleblas took pictures of the same park-like pedestrian walkway at a crossing in Berlin. All of the photographs show the same details from the same perspective: a few park benches located almost invariably at the same spots, serving as a backdrop for people who regularly pass by there to sit down and take a break. This work has yielded a number of photo series, some of which show the same people again and again in almost identical poses, while others are of different people in almost the same positions. The seasons change throughout the series, yet time seems to be dissolving in the process, blown away with the autumn leaves from the trees in the background of the photographs.
When Rogier applied for an exhibition at FENSTER61 I was spontaneously enthusiastic about this series. It’s one of those very simple ideas that can lead to great results. Of course the exhibition is part of the 4th European Month of Photography in Berlin.
Had a great opening party last night at refugium 2 with a few hundred people visiting the neunplus exhibition Mittelpunkt der Welt. My ALEX book was delivered just in time – so: it is OUT NOW!
4th European Month of Photography in Berlin
Mittelpunkt der Welt [Center of the World]
neunplus at galerie weißer elefant / refugium 2
The exhibition presents photographs of Nikolaus Brade, Piero Chiussi, Lina Gruen, Fred Hüning, Klaus Muenzner, Christian Reister and Mirjam Siefert.
Opening + Release of my book ALEX : 16.10.2010, 19 h
Duration of the exhibition: 17.10. – 13.11.2010
Opening times: Di-Sa 13-19 h
Location: neunplus in der galerie weißer elefant / refugium 2
Auguststraße 21 (2ed floor) / 10117 Berlin / T 0049 30 28884454
More information on the neunplus website and the 4th European Month of Photography in Berlin website.
5 years ago there was a group exhibition called Gott, Berlin und die Welt [God, Berlin and the World] in Berlin, Kreuzberg. Five photographers curated by Andreas Rost. I showed a view images taken in several cities such as Sydney, Hongkong, Cairns, Dublin, Glasgow, Berlin. Seen from now it’s interesting what photographs I chose at the time. At least two of them later became part of the Urban B’Sides series. The press text said that „The photographs of Christian Reister are driven by speed, humour and upbeat colours. They speak in a modern optimistic language but behind the flashy surface there’s often somthing profound and abysmal.“ Well…
Image above: Berlin 2004, this one: Cairns 2005