Angelo Bosco
Ampelmännchen. Berlin Pedestrian Lights
Semafori pedonali (Berlino)
This is a photo taken at night at a pedestrian crossing consisting of two consecutive crossings. The lights are shot in perspective, the red out of focus one is the farest.
Ampelmännchen (German: little traffic light man, pl. Ampelmännchen) is the symbolic person shown on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany). Prior to the German reunification in 1990, the two German states had different forms for the Ampelmännchen, with a generic human figure in West Germany, and a generally male figure wearing a hat in the east.
The Ampelmännchen is a beloved symbol in Eastern Germany, "enjoy[ing] the privileged status of being one of the few features of communist East Germany to have survived the end of the Iron Curtain with his popularity unscathed." After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Ampelmännchen acquired cult status and became a popular souvenir item in the tourism business. (wikipedia)
Ampelmännchen. Berlin Pedestrian Lights
Semafori pedonali (Berlino)
This is a photo taken at night at a pedestrian crossing consisting of two consecutive crossings. The lights are shot in perspective, the red out of focus one is the farest.
Ampelmännchen (German: little traffic light man, pl. Ampelmännchen) is the symbolic person shown on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany). Prior to the German reunification in 1990, the two German states had different forms for the Ampelmännchen, with a generic human figure in West Germany, and a generally male figure wearing a hat in the east.
The Ampelmännchen is a beloved symbol in Eastern Germany, "enjoy[ing] the privileged status of being one of the few features of communist East Germany to have survived the end of the Iron Curtain with his popularity unscathed." After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Ampelmännchen acquired cult status and became a popular souvenir item in the tourism business. (wikipedia)