I just discovered this feature posted on Spiegel Online several weeks ago which I think is truly worth a long look. In the early 1990s, photographer Stefan Koppelkamm ventured into East Germany, photographing the region's historic and largely crumbling buildings. He returned to photograph many of the same sites a decade later.
The result is a beautifully detailed look into the miraculous changes that took place in East German cities in the decade following reunification. Many of the structures Koppelkamm photographed in the 90s look like they hadn't been touched since the end of the Second World War. The article features 36 photographs (18 comparisons), I've chosen to post a few of them here.
All photographs were taken by Stefan Koppelkamm and can be found here:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...cke-59943.html.
The article accompanying the photos:
Reunification Renovations: A Massive Facelift for Eastern Germany
By Solveig Grothe for Spiegel Online
September 31, 2010
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...720326,00.html
A courtyard on Markt Strasse in Erfurt, 1991
The same courtyard in 2004
Flats on Görlitzer Strasse in Dresden, 1991
Görlitzer Strasse in 2001
Buildings on Steinstrasse in Bautzen, 1991
Steinstrasse, 2001
The corner of Tucholsky Strasse/August Strasse in Berlin Mitte, 1991
May 2002.
Fleischergasse, Leipzig, 1990
2002
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