©stefan rohner

©stefan rohner

1h afternoon cross…  ;) and wonderful sunny 3,5h morning training with cool iPhone distortion.

©stefan rohner

©stefan rohner

BIG version vanilla speedvagen, cyclo-cross tank, for dirty, wet mud …

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The Iron Curtain Diaries

AVAILABLE ON THE WEB FOR 3 DAYS – from 9 to 11 november 2009

IN OCCASION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERLIN WALL, THE WEBSITE OF THE IRON CURTAIN DIARIES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON CLEAR

from 00:01 of 9 november to 23:59 of 11 november 2009

THE PROJECT

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall two photographers together with two journalists, a director and a cartoonist travelled along the Iron Curtain, the 6.300 km long border that used to split Europe in two blocks from the end of World War II to 1989.
As a result of this experience, The Iron Curtain Diaries 1989-2009 project was born. Two teams provided by videocamera, photocamera, audio recorder and drawing paper have left from Berlin toward two directions: the first heads to the north has travelled along Germany, Polland, Estonia, Lithuania and Russia; while the second heads to the south has touched Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.

They come back to the headquarter with dozen of interviews to writers, politicians, musicians, sport people, photographers, dissidents and ordinary people. whose lives have changed after the Berlin Wall fallen down. These stories create a big fresco, a celebration of the ideals, but also speak about the collapse of the dreams of a new western lifestyle.
The Iron Curtain Diaries 1989-2009 is a coproduction of Peacereporter, On/Off, prospekt fotografi, BeccoGiallo.

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If you are interested… Leica Fotografie International … Content .pdf