Holocaust Memorial Photo

Photographer’s Note

It took this picture in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial. It is a memorial in the centre of Berlin.

It is located in the area were the Imperial Chancellery of Adolf Hitler used to be.

The memorial is designed by Peter Eisenman and. It consists of a 19,000 square meter site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs, arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field.

According to Eisenman, this field with concrete slabs is designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere.

Under the memorial, there is a "Place of Information" and a museum. The memorial is open for the public since May 2005.

About the photo: slightly cropped, constrasts + 5%, light - 3%, resized, framed and turned into a black and white photo.

zeca, arth, john_c, bertolucci, papagolf21, leo61, carper, Tue, calimex, thor68 has marked this note useful

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zeca (20026) 2006-11-03 8:43

Nice and austere composition. Lights are great!
Cheers!
Zeca

arth (1454) 2006-11-03 10:19

Dag Stef
Zeer goede en creatieve opnamene van dit herdenkingsmonument, mooi licht en schaduwspel en een gepaste mediumkeuze ,knap gedaan.
Groeten
Arthur

bantonbuju (48844) 2006-11-03 10:41

hi stef.
its a good photo - solemnly and with respect presenting what is a very important place;
i like the idea behind this image, a long, silent, tranquil repetitions;
good one,
best wishes, jerzy

john_c (24635) 2006-11-03 11:07

Hi Stef,
How are you doing these days? The symmetry here is incredible, and I like the depth, as the eye and heart wish to explore this endless tunnel. The light and shadow effects are superb with an interesting note. Well captured, Stef.
John

bertolucci (12022) 2006-11-03 14:14

Een mooi capture van het Holocaust memorial, Stef. Je PoV doet recht aan dit indrukkende monument. De beschaduwde tunnel met enige lichtstrepen is zeer diep en de capture als geheel is sterk grafisch - heel goed werk!
Fijn weekend,
Bert

papagolf21 (57003) 2006-11-03 14:33

Bonsoior Stef,
L'image fort bien composée ajoute à ce mémorial un effet supplémentaire.
La voie centrale joue avec la perspective créant un mouvement d'escalier étonnant, pouvant être assimilé à un symbole.
Très belle réalisation.
Amitiés.
Philippe

leo61 (44102) 2006-11-05 2:39

Hi Stef!
Verry good B&W photo of the Memorial.Good composition with the paralel rows of the pilars and nice play of light and shadow between.Thank to your good POV ,your photo has a great depth, and the contrast is good too.
Regards,Leo

carper (66108) 2006-11-05 4:23

Heel mooi in beeld bebracht Stef.
zeer goed genomen foto, mooi de schaduw licht effecten, het perspectief en de goede compositie, prachtig werk.
gr. jaap

Tue (25608) 2006-11-05 11:42

Hej Stefan!
Indrukwekkend foto van deze gedenkplaats. Toen ik in Berlijn was, was het nog in aanbouw.
Het licht dat tussen de blokken doorvalt, is prachtig en de keuze voor zwart-wit is uiteraard uitstekend. Mooi werk!
Groeten,
Lars

coco (28276) 2006-12-30 18:27

Hi Stef.

Interesting place and photo.
You play very well with the composition, perspective and lights and shadows. The black and white is, sure, the best choice.

Regards and happy new year.

rhizomes (15325) 2007-01-30 12:50

Hi Stef,
Impressive memorial (I visited it last summer) and not easy to take picture in it. I like yours because of the light and the nice repetition of graphical elements...
Christophe

mrmike1935 (2074) 2007-04-28 9:11 [Comment]

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sothy81 (8540) 2007-04-30 19:25

NIce shot man. I love it. Great graphic and texture one. B/w is great here. Well done. Sothy

Graal (59090) 2007-05-01 3:10

Hi Stef,
unusual place, good composition in B&W, fine perspective and game of light with shadows. Good informations in note. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

vagabondtravels (6115) 2007-05-08 7:55

Hi Stef

Nice b&w and great light. Very graffic, what lines. Intersting scene you have set here. Well done.
Ben

Leilani (1371) 2007-05-09 16:38

great b&w. The symmetry is amazing.

marielouitje (256) 2007-07-30 11:22

Goede foto! Mooie contrasten en geweldig POV. Ik ben zelf ook bij het herdenkingsmonument geweest, maar heb niet voor dit POV gekozen (helaas niet zo creatief). Je bent alleen niet de enigste met dit idee, heb al meerdere bijna dezelfde foto's gezien. Maar goed, er zijn ook niet oneindig veel mogelijkheden om dit monument te fotograferen :-). Je hele portfolio ziet er trouwens goed uit!