Die Mauer ist Weg!. Text and photographs by Mark Power. Globtik Books, Brighton, United Kingdom, 2014. Selected as one of the Best Books of 2014 by: Manik Katyal Markus Schaden By a series of fortunate events, Mark Power was present at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. To mark the 25th anniversary, this new production (self-published under his new imprint, Globtik Books) is bound as a pastiche of a newspaper Power purchased in Berlin the morning after, embossed into heavy-duty cardboard.
While the early pages read as news-based photojournalism, as the book unfolds Power retreats away from the epicentre of the event to re-camp over the border in an almost desolate East Berlin. From there he views the story from another perspective, before embarking on a (frankly rather pointless) search for Bertolt Brecht’s grave. The book is both a record of a major 20th century news event and a piece of critical soul-searching about the lessons learnt from the experience as, in the accompanying essay, Power recounts his fascinating tale of chance and choice.
Die Mauer Ist Weg!
Category: Photographer Monographs & Art Books
Author: Mark Power
Publisher: Globtik Books
Publication Date:
2014
Print Length: 96 pages
Language: English
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