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A newcomer mend it had no experience of the wall then a girlfriend took him to the frontier of the island city of west berlin he was entranced by the no man's land he found there in the fall of one nine hundred seventy eight mendel began his photographic exploration of the walls periphery for months he meandered alongside the one. hundred sixty kilometer long barrier through the city it was a lonely journey when you see it in the pictures are hardly any people in them and that's not because i asked people to move out of view there simply wasn't anyone there. another scene of desolation was the...

He's talking about the vantage point for one of his photos the image doesn't show what one would expect the death strip barriers border guards men to wasn't interested in the berlin wall itself his focus was on the barren spaces along the border where hunger hung on these areas of waste land had a very graphic quality. around there were wide open spaces empty buildings the wall was like a ribbon and as it cut through the city it created urban landscapes that were unique in the world of you know i was fascinated by this incredibly hard division documentary that was very important to me. after h...