Poignant Graffiti on the Belin Wall, Potsdamer, West Berlin, West Germany 1984

            The Berlin Wall was a concrete and barbed wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It was a symbol of the Cold War and the ideological divisions between the two sides.

Construction began on August 13, 1961 by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany), Der Mauer was built to prevent people from fleeing East to West Berlin. The official purpose was to stop "fascists" from entering East Germany. The wall was 155 kilometers long and cut through the middle of the city. The wall fell on November 9, 1989, after the East German Communist Party announced that citizens could cross the border freely. The fall was marked by anti-government protests in East Germany and the democratization of other Eastern and Central European states.

Whilst living in Berlin during the mid-1980s I started my love of photography. While the eastern faces of the wall were clean because no citizens were allowed near it, the western side of the wall was covered in graffiti, mainly slogans but often great pieces of art as shown here. The wall was some 10-12ft tall, so this shows the size of some of these images.

This was taken onto colour slide film (Fuji) using the Pentax ME Super, my first camera.

Taken on: March 26, 2024

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