Life in the shadow of the wall; Documentary Look at East German daily

A collection of street photography Henk Kosche, a German photographer, has been released, which includes four influential blacks of everyday life in the industrial city of Halle, East Germany. These images present a rare, intimate and human view of a society that, just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, is in a suspension between everyday difficulty and inner dignity.

These 2mm negatives have been forgotten in a small cardboard box for about four decades; But now, they have been discovered as historical documents and emotional capsules of time to take a look at a world that once breathed under the shadow of Germany divided in the 1980s. In the background, industrial chimneys are plunged into the fog, and citizens, both old and young, continue their lives; Unaware of the huge changes that are on the way.

Kushe’s look provides a honest and empty picture of an exaggerated period of decline; Children playing in the streets, workers who are silent, and figures that indicate standing. His camera is not seeking dramatizing; Rather, with patience, accuracy, and empathy, it allows the silent poem of everyday life to reveal itself.

This collection is beyond a photo collection, memory and meaning. A set that reflects the contradiction between isolation and transplantation, stillness and change. On the eve of the rush of Western -east consumerism, Pictures of Kushe depict the last urban breaths that were ready to transform irreversible. (121clicks)