1985 Ostberlin – documentary photography, photos by Andreas Muhs

Ostberlin, Berlin, Capital of the GDR, 1985, 26 photos, analog

On every visit to West-Berlin I also wanted to go to the eastern part. Although the weather was foggy and the view could therefore not be particularly good, I went up the Fernsehturm. To ensure that the reflections in the windows were not visible, I chose a longer focal length for the shots of the surrounding city. The steep view downwards was reminiscent of surveillance footage. Only after the fall of the Wall did I recognize the similarity to the photos that the Staatssicherheit had collected of its fellow citizens. The low contrast and the foggy indistinctness in the long-distance shots resemble this aesthetic.

Canon New F-1