{"id":8304,"date":"2019-11-07T03:35:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2019-11-07T04:03:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:03:37","slug":"berlin30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/berlin30th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin\/30th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Berlin Wall — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

I am in Berin for the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Wall. As many of you know, the former East\/West border was the subject of one of my books — The Lost Border — and I have continued to photograph the transformation of Berlin since the Wall opened.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Billboard announcing 30th-anniversary events — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

I won’t be attempting to photograph any specific events relating to the anniversary — peripherally, yes — there are all kinds of exhibitions and installations around the city, both serious and kitschy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Postdamer Platz — \u00a9 Brian Rose
\n\"\"<\/a> Topography of Terror — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

In a steady drizzle, I took pictures most of the day. Above is the former Nazi Lluftfahrtministerium (Air Ministry) with the Berlin Wall and the foundation wall of the former Gestapo\/SS headquarters. This has always been a compelling view — and I have a similar picture of it from 1987 when the Wall was very much a real barrier — it is particularly arresting now because the exhibition panels have been temporarily removed from along the walkway below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Berlin Wall — \u00a9 Brian Rose I am in Berin for the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Wall. As many of you know, the former East\/West border was the subject of one of my books — The Lost Border — and I have continued to photograph the transformation of Berlin since the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8314,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304\/revisions\/8314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}