Thursday, December 21, 2006

Berlin

These first few are from a building that was abandoned in the 80's, taken over by squatters, and eventually purchased by said squatters after they opened successful bars and galleries in the building along with artist studio's


a gallery in the building
a restaurant on the first floor



awesome graffiti
pebbles & stones
lots of amazing graffiti in germany

close up of skin billboard for diesel
some famous bonbon maker
who knew bonbons were made like this, the confectionery gave me a warm one right out of the oven that was delicious, and the inside was still gooey and warm, mmmmmmmmmmmm
They were all deliscous


fountain
these were for some private party i stumbled upon in a courtyard,
they wouldn't give me a piece
chair backrest
i'm not sure why i like this, but i do

mouse pad
Kleenex box

Berlin sewer
a Native American music group playing in Berlin in front of some museum




typical German statue
Berlin needle

Book Burning Memorial


tour boat
river stairs
an exhibit at the Guggenheim in Berlin
it was a large pack of fake wolves, running, flying in the air, and then crashing into a glass wallyeah, i don't get it either,
it's stuff like this, that in my opinion, makes many people think less of art

Brandenburg gate during the day
pretzel bicycle vendor
i like red trees

ducky
museum
gangrene foot
atlas




gay nude section of a park
(in hindsight, i wish i waited for some children to walk on the path to show the surprising proximity of nude men to children)
fierce dog's playing
(oh, by the way, i knew that it was a nude section of the park for gay guys from talking to the owners of these dogs who were a gay couple, but they were thankfully clothed)
dog's still playing fiercely (kinda reminds me of some photos by Alessandra Sanguinetti, from her book "On the Sixth Day", she's amazing check her out if you haven't seen her stuff)
horny
balloons
McDonald's menu in Germany, surprisingly few options
Helmut Newton Museum
bombed out church
water fountain
german youths
more balloons
sculpture fountain
gelb
self portrait with base of rainbow pole
rainbow pole eins
rainbow pole zwei(sans trees)
rotund
looks like a fun festival
one way to make your dog look tougher
spongeworthy
peeker
Potsdamer Platz
Brandenburg Gate
another comfortable bum
Maggots
Europe does not have many free bathrooms, but i didn't mind
Russian Souvenirs
Russian Dolls

more Russian DollsRussian Pins
a lonely balloon
i have the right to learn

some wall
some other wall
from a surprisingly large Ping-Pong store, they even had ping-pong jerseys of famous ping-pongers, and special shoes for ping pong
photo series from 1987-2004 showing the development of Potsdamer Platz
click to enlarge (which can be done for any picture on here that you want to see larger, just so you know)
Memorial for the Murdered Jews 1
Memorial for the Murdered Jews 2
Memorial for the Murdered Jews 3
Memorial for the Murdered Jews 4
Berlin had lots of outdoor dining and bars

that abandoned building at night
Typical German Breakfast

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