Frank Tedesso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art — © Brian Rose After leaving (staggering out of) “Looking in: Robert Frank’s The Americans” at the Met, I stood for a moment by a Rodin statue pondering the exhibition–another photography exhibition where no photography was allowed. Robert Frank’s pictures were a searing burn of visual truth […]

Blossfeldt photos– © Brian Rose A short trip out of the city to Wilton, Connecticut. Thanksgiving pies and a grid of Karl Blossfeldt photographs.

Potsdamer Platz (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose Three images not shown earlier when blogging from Berlin. This one made at Potsdamer Platz, a TV boom and control booth, an image of joyous Germans climbing on the Wall in 1989, and trompe l’oeil buildings and scaffolding ads behind on adjacent Leipziger Platz. Checkpoint Charlie (4×5 […]

Berlin Wall dominos, Ebertstrasse (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose Continuing to scan and work on my recent Berlin images. Similar to the digital view in an earlier post, this one features the man at right, who connects visually across the frame to the face of Stalin on the left. These cloudy sky pictures take […]

Potsdamer Platz (4×5 film)– © Brian Rose The first of the 4×5 film scanned. Compare to earlier digital snapshot below. The day before the dominos were toppled thousands of people walked between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate. I was excited to be there, but a bit put off by the commercial nature of things–including […]

Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, Queensborough Community College© Brian Rose Back into my architectural photography work, this is an extraordinary project I photographed shortly before my trip to Berlin. The design is by Charles Thanhauser of TEK Architects in New York. I’ll post more pictures later, and do a portfolio page for my website. Here […]

Berlin under the S-Bahn — © Brian Rose Bang Bang Club or Bang Bang Club. I’m back in New York, and just picked up my Berlin film today.

Neues Museum Colonnade — © Brian Rose Neues Museum colonnade, 1987 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose Having run out of 4×5 film I took it easy on Friday. I hoped to see the Neues Museum, which has been restored with modern insertions by David Chipperfield, but the lines to purchase timed tickets for later […]

East Side Gallery — © Brian Rose The East Side Gallery is the longest stretch of Berlin Wall still standing–its survival due to the murals that were done on it just after the Wall was opened. Over the years the paintings deteriorated, and there was talk of removing the whole thing. Fortunately, the murals are […]

Topography of Terror — © Brian Rose Topography of Terror — © Brian Rose Topography of Terror — © Brian Rose The raw provisional quality of the Topography of Terror exhibition remains after a seemingly endless effort to construct a documentation center, and a find a proper way to present and stabilize the foundation walls […]

Curry 36, Berlin — © Brian Rose Not much time for haute cuisine on this trip to Berlin. Mostly I’ve been picking up food on the fly. The two classic Berlin fast foods are currywurst and dönner kebab. I’ve had great dönner in the past, but this time I’ve been sampling currywurst–basically, grilled sausage drenched […]

Formerly, Nazi air force ministry, now, German finance ministry© Brian Rose I made a shorter day of it confining my photos to a two or three block area between Checkpoint Charlie and Wilhelmstrasse. Many of the Nazi era government buildings were located along this street. The Berlin Wall ran just a short distance to the […]

Palace site on Unter der Linden — © Brian Rose Walking from Alexanderplatz, I headed down Unter den Linden, the grand boulevard of the city, passing by the now vacant site of the Palast der Republik, the former East German government and cultural building. Many hated it for its tacky architecture and what it symbolized–and […]

Exhibition, Alexanderplatz — © Brian Rose I took the S-Bahn to Alexanderplatz to see the exhibit there about the events leading up to and surrounding the fall of the Wall. It is a large, comprehensive, exhibition that deserves some time digesting. I plan to go back for a less camera-centric visit. Exhibition, Alexanderplatz — © […]

Berlin Wall, 1989 — © Brian Rose 20th anniversary of the opening and subsequent fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin — © Brian Rose Tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary of the fall–or opening–of the Berlin Wall. I am here in Berlin to do a last round of photographs of the subject I’ve come back to over and over since 1985. There are thousands of people milling the streets along the […]

Delancey Street near the Bowery — © Brian Rose Bikes have become more popular in New York, which is mostly a good thing. But these white bike memorials do give one pause. I’m off to Berlin tomorrow. November 9 is the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. I’ll be taking pictures throughout […]

New Utrecht High School, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn© Brian Rose Went back to Bensonhurst to photograph a new cafeteria wing for New Utrecht High School. The building, from the 1920s, is somewhat battered like many New York City schools. The entrance with imposing pediment and columns has blank green doors with one small barely visible handle. Above, […]