Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
In Berlin, many tourists seek out Checkpoint Charlie as their first stop. We stumbled on to it quite accidentally. At the little checkpoint booth under the sign they had two German men dressed in American uniforms. Everyone was having photos taken with them. I thought the entire thing was odd, but everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, so who I am to judge.
This is the side if you were leaving the American side of the checkpoint and entering into the Soviet Russian side. I have not altered this photograph to make it more or less gray. Except for a minor exposure adjustment I didn’t touch the values in this photograph at all. Winter in this part of the world can be very, very gray.
If you face the opposite direction (the American side) the scene is terribly gaudy. There is a McDonald’s that takes up about half the block. Lots of neon and tacky shops.
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