Berlin in Berlin - XIV Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is another capture I made short after the reunion of two Berlins.

In this house (Corner, Dorotheenstrasse-Friedrichstrasse) lived Friderich Engels 1841-1842.
And during DDR period there was been a brass plate mounted on the wall with a portrait of Engels atop.
Someone had stolen the plate, only the portrait remaind.
And on the mark of the plate, he (or someone else) wrote . KOHL ! The German Chancellor, during whose period the reunion of both Germany's took place.

Also this entry is been scanned from an Ectachrome diapositive.

I dedicate this capture to Marine Rebillout (eversmile). And take a look at her TE entry : http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo965808.htm

Bu kare de her iki Berlin'in birleşmesinden hemen sonra çektiğim bir kare.
Dorotheenstrasse ve Friedrichstrasse'nin kesiştiği noktadaki bu evde 1841-1842 yıllarında Friedrich Engels yaşamış.
Doğu Alman yönetiminde buraya bir plaket konulmuş, üzerine de Engels'in bir portresi yerleştirilmiş.
Birleşmeden hemen sonra birileri bu plaketi çalmış, yerindeki boşluğa da "KOHL" adını yazmış.
Helmut Kohl bilindiği gibi, iki Almanyanın birleşme döneminde görevde olan ve bu konuya çok önem vermiş Alman Şansölyesi.

Bu kare de, Ektachrome bir dia'dan tarandı.

Bu kareyi Marine Rebillout'a (eversmile) ithaf ediyorum. Onun da şu karesine bakınız : http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo965808.htm

zeynepe, mikolaj_kawa, Buin, Dpbours, ALIRIZA, dareco, azaf1 has marked this note useful

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zeynepe (9340) 2008-10-12 0:50

Günaydın Mesut Bey,
Berlin’de hem çok güzel vakit geçirip (yıllar önce ve bu yıl), hem de harika detaylarını bize göstermeye güzel notlarınızla birlikte devam ediyorsunuz.Scan edilmiş olmasına rağmen teknik açıdan mükemmel.
Bir eski bir yeni karelerle şehri çok daha iyi tanıyoruz sayenizde.
Teşekkürler,
Zeynep
PS:02 Kasım'da Istanbul'da mısınız?

mikolaj_kawa (29406) 2008-10-12 0:57

Hello Mesut! Good idea and very good work. Perfect capture, ideal sharp. Well done!

Buin (36988) 2008-10-12 1:06

Guten Morgen Mesut!
Ein zutreffendes Bild der Zustände damals ... rund um Engels bröckeln der Putz und die Farbe. Die "politische Aufarbeitung" war - und ist - schwierig, wie man an dem handschriftlichen Eintrag sehen kann. Ein erheiterndes und zugleich nachdenklich machendes Foto...
Grüße aus dem sonnigen Westfalen - gleich geht's in den Wald!

Frank

Dpbours (218) 2008-10-12 1:16

Hello Mesut,

A great historical capture this is!
THe theft of the plate, the 'Kohl' written there. Very nice, with the overall feel of decay in the paint. The theft and portrait as the past, the decay in the paint as current and the 'Kohl' as such as the only little hint towards a better future in this compo.

Greetings, Dennis

faubry (32197) 2008-10-12 1:56

Bonjour Mesut, une vieille photo mais de bonne qualité, nos argentiques étaitne tout de même bons.... les couleurs sont douces, une photo nous rappelant l'histoire; bon dimanche
amitiés
francine

ALIRIZA (16195) 2008-10-12 2:52

Merhaba Mesut Abi,
Fotoğrafla tarih yazmak, dünü bugüne taşımak gerçekten keyifli olsa gerek. Arşivinizden güzel bir belge, ellerinize sağlık...
Selam ve saygılarımla...
Ali Rıza

Cretense (54954) 2008-10-12 5:30

Merhaba dear Mesut, my dear friend!

Excellent capture indeed a funny one, with the writing below the face of Engels, I guess that Engels will be very uneasy in his grave, given that chancelor Kohl was for many years the leader of the Christian Democrats, the conservative party of (West) Germany. Excellent capture! Congratulations!

Warm regards,
Hercules

dareco (17024) 2008-10-12 9:34

Another very interesting post in this series. Very nice lighting and detail. Have a great day! TFS

TGULUMSER (12432) 2008-10-12 11:05

Mesut Agabey merhaba,
Berlin cok merak ettigim bir sehir ve sayenizde bu sehirde dolasmaya devam ediyoruz. Guzel kareler ve bilgilendirici notlar icin cok tesekkurler,
Elinize saglik,
Tulay

azaf1 (15541) 2008-10-12 11:12

Merhaba Mesut
A great documentary with your Berlin series, all in very good and sharp detail and comprehensive notes
My compliments
Argiris

TopGeo (21449) 2008-10-13 0:43

Hi Mesut!One still picture from the line Berlin of Additional your issues and notes. Documentary the history of two Germanies. Very nice lighting and detail. Have a great day! TFS
Georgios

eversmile (5969) 2008-10-13 5:43

Thank you very much Mesut. So now I understand why you reacted so strongly to the name Kohl written on my picture! The story of your note is interesting and provides a good explanation for this odd association between the names of Engels and Kohl. What's disconcerting is that it's almost written the same way on both photos, just in a different size and colors!!!
The feeling of the past is well given by the faded colors but I hope you won't mind that I propose you another version in WS, quite different.
Best regards
Marine

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polpo56 (7806) 2008-10-13 9:52

Hi Mesut,
I visited your gallery and I have seen that you have a great attention for particulars: good photographic eye, mi best compliments!
also this picture is very impressive, well composed and with a good management of a strong light.
Ludo

marietom (31782) 2008-10-14 9:45

hello Mesut,

very well seen ! Joli jeu de matières dans ton image bien composée.
Bonne journée
Marie