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The heap bought seven glossy 8x10s from an ephemera street stall in Rome in 1988. A stamp on the back of one indicates they are by Berlin photojournalist Joachim G. Jung.
They witness the building of the Berlin Wall.
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First, barbed wire. Men with guns, glasses and a camera. A dog.
Each photo has a typed text pasted on the back, presumably by the photographer, to further describe the scene. This is the one on the photo above, dated 28 September 1961.
An officer with a gun. Wreckage, workers, watchers.
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A sign points to the unavailable.
Eye level. A boy on a bike gets a better view.
A soldier hides behind a sign of the cross. It is documented elsewhere that mirrors were used to deflect the sun in attempt to blind the cameras of the West.
Immured in Regard
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we, through an aperture,
regard the back of a woman
who, through an aperture,
regards the back of a man
(with bayonet and gun)
who, through an aperture,
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we, through an aperture,
regard the back of a woman
who, through an aperture,
regards the back of a man
(with bayonet and gun)
who, through an aperture,
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something . . .
LOGOS/HA HA