Paris - September 2008
Picture of the Day: Karpathos 8
22 November 2009 — Chris BreebaartA church door and a chair.
Greece Karpathos - September 2009
Picture of the Day: The Fall of the Berlin Wall 2
8 November 2009 — Chris Breebaart
Berlin November 1989 - Brandenburger Tor
Souvenir hunters or people trying to demolish the wall?
Berlin November 1989 - Reichstag
Berlin November 1989 - Brandenburger Tor
Berlin November 1989 - Reichstag
Berlin November 1989 - Reichstag
Picture of the Day: The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1
7 November 2009 — Chris BreebaartOn November 9 1989 East-Germans were free to travel to the West. A few days later I happened to be in Berlin. The Wall was open. There was a ‘hole’ on the Potsdammer Platz. A long row of people was waiting in the big open empty space.
The Wall had opened, but the infrastructure that kept East-Germans inside was still there. The guards, the towers, the barbwire, the mines, the ‘no man’s land zone’, the spooky and unrealistic atmosphere of separation and repression. On the west side people were attacking The Wall to get memorabilia, tearing it down with hammers and chisles. There was the anticipation of change, everybody (including the press at the Brandenburger Tor) was waiting for The Big Opening. People selling t-shirts, buttons.
During those days I shot some pictures. It is kind of nice to post them here in remembrance of that period, when the world really changed. They art taken near Checkpoint Charlie (from the scafolding overlooking the old wall) and near the Brandenburger Tor.
Berlin November 1989 - Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin November 1989 - Brandenburger Tor
Berlin November 1989 - Brandenburger Tor
Picture of the Day: Karpathos II
28 October 2009 — Chris Breebaart
Karphathos Greece - September 2009
Another post of Karpathos pictures. The island is filled with small churches. Here is one of them.
Picture of the Day: Père Lachaise Paris
23 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartPère Lachaise is a famous cemetary in Paris. It is like a small village with the remains of a few famous but much more not so famous people. This photo was shot in February 1989. An old woman actually stepped into the composition.
Père Lachaise Paris - February 1989
Picture of the Day: Tired Guard in Egyptian Temple
21 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartA young guard takes a brake in the temple at Edfu in Egypt.
Young Guard - Edfu Egypt - April 2001
Picture of the Day: Yemen 1998
22 June 2009 — Chris Breebaart
Picture of the Day: collective shoot 2, storytelling!
3 March 2009 — Chris BreebaartScott Thomas organized a second task for a new collective shoot. This time the subject is ’storytelling’. By the way, if you want to participate in this fun thing, visit Scott’s blog to let him know!
Here are some pictures that may or may not tell stories. For sure I know why I took them, but I leave it to the viewer to come up with his or her story. I always hope that the picture is not that ‘rigid’ so there is room to see different things in it. Here are a few stories! I hope you enjoy them. Feedback is always welcome!
All the pictures enlarge by clicking them.
Lesbos August 2007
Pere Lachaise Paris Februari 1990
Notra Dame Paris December 2003 Paris Musee d'Orsay December 2003
Paris Musee d'Orsay December 2003
Kodari Nepal March 2004
Vierhouten Holland August 2002
Picture of the Day: Rome Romantics
3 December 2008 — Chris BreebaartAnd now for something completely different! A picture of the Spanish Steps at Rome. A place for people to hang out and enjoy the sun, company or gaze at passers by.
