If you had to select only five pictures, which ones would you choose?
My choice:
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L’étoile de Beroun
This picture was taken in Beroun in today’s Czech Republic. During September of 1988 I spent some days with friends in Prague. Together we chose this city for an excursion. This (red) star is a symbol reminiscent of the false hope of a better world communism gave people.
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Berlin 11/11/1989
Bundespräsident Richard von Weizsäcker – Brücke der Einheit (Glienicker Brücke) – http://www.myheimat.de/potsdam/glienicker-bruecke-und-die-grenzoeffnung-1989-d58529.html
My friends and I traveled to Berlin when we heard that the Berlin wall was falling. 36 hours in the train for 24 hours on site. This picture was taken November 11th, 1989.
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Métro Pont de Neuilly (1990)
The subway station “Pont de Neuilly” was under renovation. I had my grandfather’s (Babouf) Leica II ready as the train arrived.
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Deux Giacometti et un homme
The Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (France) is one of the most wonderful places on Earth.
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Schrott, Steine und das Meer
The remains of an Alfa Romeo. The deterioration of man-made objects is always fascinating to me.
