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«Ohne Titel» («Sans titre»), Frank Thiel, 1998
L’enseigne lumineuse de Frank Thiel comporte deux portraits surdimensionnés en couleur. Deux jeunes soldats, l’un américain, l’autre soviétique, qui observent chacun le territoire de souveraineté de l’autre, établissent la ligne de séparation et de passage entre les deux anciennes grandes puissances. Les photos datent du retrait des forces alliées de Berlin, en 1994. Le soldat «soviétique» porte déjà l’uniforme de l’armée de la C.E.I.
Les photos datent du retrait des forces alliées de Berlin, en 1994. Le soldat «soviétique» porte déjà l’uniforme de l’armée de la C.E.I. Dixit l’artiste Frank Thiel:
«Cet endroit était la délimitation entre les secteurs soviétique et américain, d’où le soldat soviétique et le soldat américain. L’enseigne est la transposition en image des panneaux que l’on trouvait autrefois aux frontières des secteurs et qui portaient cette inscription «Vous quittez le secteur américain» ou britannique ou français. Ces deux portraits sont une référence historique car c’est précisément ici que les blindés soviétiques et américains étaient postés face à face.
En prenant pour symboles ces deux portraits, leurs visages deviennent évocateurs de 50 ans d’histoire. J’espérais que cette représentativité serait appréciée dans la perception de mon travail.
Un simple portrait peut-il être la métaphore d’un contexte historique aussi compliqué? L’enseigne lumineuse est un support publicitaire créé pour s’adresser à l’opinion publique dans les espaces publics et mis au point pour attirer l’attention du consommateur sur un message 24 heures sur 24. Aujourd’hui, notre ville en est parsemée.
D’une certaine façon, l’enseigne lumineuse à Checkpoint Charlie est une sorte de complice secret dans le dialogue, mais aussi de concurrente vis-à-vis des autres enseignes publicitaires de la ville. L’amalgame avec ces dernieres n’était pas mon intention première, mais elle ne saurait être exclue.»
Frank Thiel
1966 naissance à Kleinmachnow
1985 passage à Berlin-Ouest
1987 – 1989 formation de photographe au Lette Verein Berlin.
Vit et travaille à Berlin
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A Soviet hat sits on the sandbags in front of Checkpoint Charlie, formerly a main Cold War cross point from East to West Berlin. How ironic that a store carrying Berlin Fashion Accessories (Accessoires) is located almost literally where the Berlin Wall once stood. Tourists can put these hats on and pose with dressed-up like American guards, for a fee of course. This has become a very touristy spot in Berlin.
October 25, 1961. American tanks face East Berlin.
Photo from the booklet "CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces: The Importance of Clandestine Reporting."
For more information, visit the CIA's Historical Collections page (www.cia.gov/library/publications/historical-collection-pu...).
Shortly before the beginning of the Tennis Masters Cup 2008 in Shanghai the Association Of Tennis Professionals (ATP) screened giant pictures of the world’s best tennis players at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.
I shot this with a 960mm tele prime lens. With a 25 ASA film maybe not the best idea. Even with the slight blur I like how it turned out. I think this ADOX film is getting my new favorite.
© 2011 Gabain
Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") in Berlin (Germany)
was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
The Soviet Union prompted the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop Eastern Bloc emigration westward through the Soviet border system, preventing escape across the city sector border from East Berlin to West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of east and west. Soviet and American tanks briefly faced each other at the location during the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and the reunification of Germany, the building at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction.
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Near Checkpoint Charlie.
The West German Govt. were unable to prosecute Graffiti artists as the wall was the property of the East German Govt.
Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), as named by the Western Allies.
East German leader Walter Ulbricht agitated and maneuvered to get the Soviet Union's permission to construct the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop emigration and defection westward through the Border system, preventing escape across the city sector border from East Berlin into West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Soviet and American tanks briefly faced each other at the location during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. On 26 June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited Checkpoint Charlie and looked from a platform onto the Berlin Wall and into East Berlin.
After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and the reunification of Germany, the American guard house at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction. It is now located in the Allied Museum in the Dahlem neighborhood of Berlin.
By the early 1950s, the Soviet method of restricting emigration was emulated by most of the rest of the Eastern Bloc, including East Germany. However, in occupied Germany, until 1952, the lines between East Germany and the western occupied zones remained easily crossed in most places. Subsequently, the inner German border between the two German states was closed and a barbed-wire fence erected.
Even after closing of the inner German border officially in 1952, the city sector border in between East Berlin and West Berlin remained considerably more accessible than the rest of the border because it was administered by all four occupying powers. Accordingly, Berlin became the main route by which East Germans left for the West. Hence the Berlin sector border was essentially a "loophole" through which Eastern Bloc citizens could still escape.
The 3.5 million East Germans who had left by 1961 totaled approximately 20% of the entire East German population.[7] The emigrants tended to be young and well educated.[8] The loss was disproportionately great among professionals — engineers, technicians, physicians, teachers, lawyers and skilled workers.
On Oct. 7, 1984, Jutta Gallus planted herself at Checkpoint Charlie, the Allied border crossing in Berlin, with a placard around her neck reading: “My children have been forcibly given up for adoption! Please help us!”
Gallus became a daily fixture at Checkpoint Charlie. 27 years later she wants to find the military policemen who protected her during her demonstrations.. (Courtesy Photo)
Ten days after closing the border on August 13, 1961 tourists from abroad, diplomats and the military personnel of the Western Powers were only allowed to enter East Berlin via the crossing point at Berlin Friedrichstrasse.
Soon the US military police opened the third checkpoint at Friedrichstrasse. The other two checkpoints were Helmstedt at the West German-East German border and Dreilinden at the West Berlin and East Germany border. Based on the phonetic alphabet the Helmstedt checkpoint was called Alpha, Dreilinden Checkpoint Bravo and the checkpoint at Friedrichstrasse got the name Charlie.
The main function of the checkpoint was to register and inform members of the Western Military Forces before entering East Berlin. Foreign tourists were also informed but not checked in the West.
The German authorities in West and East Berlin were not allowed to check any members of the Allied Military Forces in Berlin and in Germany.