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January 6, 2019 | Categories: Architecture, City, Drone, Landscape, Photography, Street Photography, Switzerland, tourism, Travel, Zurich | Tags: Autumn, City, Cityscape, Colors, Drone, photography, photos, Switzerland, travel, Travel and Tourism, Zurich | Leave a comment
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin
Consisting of 2,711 gravestone-like pillars ranging in height from 0.2 to 4.8 m (7.9 in to 15 ft 9.0 in) and arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field, this memorial was completed in 2005 and was the first formal German government-sponsored Holocaust memorial. Maintaining the word “murdered” in the title was intentional, as Germany as a nation was finally officially admitting to a crime.
There is no intended meaning. Instead, the memorial was designed to instill in the viewer a confusing and uneasy feeling. Is it a labyrinth? a symbolic cemetery? It’s up to the you to derive the meaning while pondering this horrible chapter in human history.
October 20, 2015 | Categories: Photography, Street Photography, Travel | Tags: Autumn, Berlin, Germany, HDR, Holocaust, Nazi, Nikon D90, photography, Street Photography, Travel and Tourism | 2 Comments
Autumn at The Brandenberg Gate, Berlin
The Brandenburg Gate (1791), is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch and the grandest and last survivor of the 14 original arches of Berlins Old City Wall. It is crowned with a four Horse chariot with the Goddess of Peace at the reins. During its existence, it has often been a site for major historical events
When the Nazis ascended to power, they used the gate as a party symbol. The gate was heavily damaged during World War II and was one of the last structures still standing in the Pariser Platz in 1945.
Traffic passed freely through the gate until the Berlin Wall was built Aug 1961. During post-war Partition of Germany, the now East Berlin gate was isolated and inaccessible adjacent to the Berlin Wall. In June of 1987, Ronald Reagan gave a speech at the Brandenberg Gate and challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!”
When the Revolutions of 1989 occurred and the Berlin Wall fell Nov,1989, the gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify Berlin. Thousands gathered there to celebrate its fall. Today it is considered a symbol of the tumultuous history of Europe and Germany, but also of European unity and peace.
October 16, 2015 | Categories: Photography, Street Photography, Travel | Tags: Autumn, Berlin, Clouds, Germany, HDR, Nikon D90, photography, Street Photography, Travel and Tourism, World Heritage Site | 3 Comments
Autumn at the Reichstag Building, Berlin
The Reichstag Building opened in 1894 as the house of the German Parliment. The building was nearly burned to the ground in 1933 by arsonists, an event that the Nazi party used as evidence that communists were conspiring against the German Government. Adolf Hitler, then the Chancellor of Germany, used this to convince the German President to pass an emergency decree suspending all civil liberties of the German people, ultimately leading to the consolidation of power by Hitler and the Nazi party. Many believe that Hitler himself orchestrated the blaze.
October 13, 2015 | Categories: Street Photography, Travel | Tags: Autumn, Berlin, Fall, Germany, HDR, Nikon D90, photography, Street Photography, Travel and Tourism, World Heritage Site | 2 Comments
Autumn in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Prenzlauer Berg is a district in the former East Berlin which survived the bombings of WWII relatively unscathed, allowing it’s giant Industrail Age buildings to survive the war, only to rot away under the communist rule of East Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Prenzlauer Berg became a primary destination for the hipsters, artists, and entrepreneurs given its cheap housing and unique urban planning and architecture. It is now one of Berlin’s most beautiful neighborhoods, stuffed with pubs, restaurants, cafes, galleries and shops that provide a vibrant atmosphere both day and night.
This shot was taken on the grounds of the Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg, Berlins oldest water tower, completed in 1877 and used until 1952.
September 26, 2015 | Categories: Photography, Street Photography, Travel | Tags: Autumn, Berlin, Fall, Germany, photography, Street Photography, Travel and Tourism | 4 Comments
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