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I'm planning to visit Berlin in two weeks for a couple of days. Been there few times but without any time to walk around and shoot. My main question is: where to shoot? :)

I think I've been only around Reichstag in the center and near Old National Gallery. Should I just go there and walk around or there any "better" places? I'm aiming at street stuff mainly.

Another one: I've heard that shooting people (just shooting, with cameras, no publication) people in Germany is in some way illegal. Is that correct?

Thanks!
 
ljosha said:
I'm planning to visit Berlin in two weeks for a couple of days. Been there few times but without any time to walk around and shoot. My main question is: where to shoot? :)
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There are people everywhere, I have no idea what'd make one place better than the other. You might get in a fight in some parts of Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg / Neukölln.

Another one: I've heard that shooting people (just shooting, with cameras, no publication) people in Germany is in some way illegal. Is that correct?
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No it's not, don't worry.

tjh said:
Is there a good place in Berlin to get my M9 sensor cleaned?
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I used to take my M8 to the Leica Shop, if it's only sensor cleaning they might be able to do it there, otherwise just send it off. Doesn't take long, really.

martin
 
martin s said:
You might get in a fight in some parts of Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg / Neukölln.

martin
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I'm going to visit Berlin from Miami. I've been to Berlin before but never to these parts. Kreuzberg seems to have some nice street art, which I'm anxious to photograph, hopefully without having to use my camera in defense.
 
tjh said:
I'm going to visit Berlin from Miami. I've been to Berlin before but never to these parts. Kreuzberg seems to have some nice street art, which I'm anxious to photograph, hopefully without having to use my camera in defense.
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Hello? Don't panic! I think Martin is exaggerating a bit. You should have no problems photographing local street art, but people may get annoyed if you photograph them without permission. Be polite, use common sense and everything should be fine.

As for other locations, it depends on what you are after.
 
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Simon, you should have added a third option. People who would like to live in Berlin! Then you can count on our vote.
 
gho said:
Hello? Don't panic! I think Martin is exaggerating a bit. You should have no problems photographing local street art, but people may get annoyed if you photograph them without permission. Be polite, use common sense and everything should be fine.

As for other locations, it depends on what you are after.
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Well he might be Bruce Gilden in disguise. Seriously though, if you're overly aggressive - you will get in trouble eventually, in some parts of the city. OTOH, the two of you seem to be in good health, still, so I might be wrong...

I found a car-project by the way, I'll send some stuff over if it's any good.

martin
 
martin s said:
Well he might be Bruce Gilden in disguise. Seriously though, if you're overly aggressive - you will get in trouble eventually, in some parts of the city.
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"Bruce Gilden would not survive here for five minutes." ;)

Edit: Actually it would be interesting to see how Mr. Gilden would approach theses areas we are talking about.
 
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last year about this time i spent a month in Germany. i stayed mostly in the west but spent a weekend in Berlin... I have to say as I got to Berlin the history of the place just weighed too heavily on me. I simply couldn't get it out of my mind... I tried to see if I could photograph the underlying tension between the Germans and the minorities but it just didn't felt right, i needed time for that and i just couldn't do it on a whim. There was a rally by neo-nazis and the inevitable counter rally by anarchists but i didn't go... there is a lot of racial tension in Berlin, i heard that if someone could not speak german and looked to be like an immigrant, they must avoid certain neighborhoods... this tension is something that could be the basis of a documentary project but with Germany's privacy laws, once again because of its history, it will be very difficult.

the cities that i felt a little inspired by were Düsseldorf, Cologne and Bonn. in these places, especially Düsseldorf it was possible to do classic street work, but once again i did not have enough time.
 
gho said:
"Bruce Gilden would not survive here for five minutes." ;)

Edit: Actually it would be interesting to see how Mr. Gilden would approach theses areas we are talking about.
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He answers a question like this in some interview. He once shoot Yakuza in Japan so I don't think he would have any problems in these places.

Well, now it looks I have some 3 places to visit in Berlin =)
 
Actually, there is much more to Kreuzberg and sure, there are problems, but if you approach it with common sense, you should be ok.
 
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I'm born and living in Berlin, too. If anyone wants to grab a beer sooner or later .. gimme a call. ;)

cheers philip



@simon: wo studierst ?
 
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One week Berliner

One week Berliner

I've been living here for a week now, slowly completing my move... already got a chance to try out the services of Jet-Foto yesterday and turned out fine. Saw someone walking around Alexanderplatz wearing a Nikon F, which is also what I, for random reasons, used for my first pics while here (most of them from where I live):
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=238048&id=535013779&l=f2138bc6d5
 
ebino said:
last year about this time i spent a month in Germany. i stayed mostly in the west but spent a weekend in Berlin... I have to say as I got to Berlin the history of the place just weighed too heavily on me. I simply couldn't get it out of my mind... I tried to see if I could photograph the underlying tension between the Germans and the minorities but it just didn't felt right, i needed time for that and i just couldn't do it on a whim. There was a rally by neo-nazis and the inevitable counter rally by anarchists but i didn't go... there is a lot of racial tension in Berlin, i heard that if someone could not speak german and looked to be like an immigrant, they must avoid certain neighborhoods... this tension is something that could be the basis of a documentary project but with Germany's privacy laws, once again because of its history, it will be very difficult.

the cities that i felt a little inspired by were Düsseldorf, Cologne and Bonn. in these places, especially Düsseldorf it was possible to do classic street work, but once again i did not have enough time.
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I think I couldn't agree less...
 
If tonight you see some guy in Friedrichschain having a beer in some bar, and taking pictures with a Leica IIIf with Canon 50/1.2 lens, that'll be me.
 
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