This project started by chance when I saw the potential after capturing a young lady standing behind a structural pillar at the rail Station, Bahnhof Zoo in central Berlin, because within just a short space of time she was gone, and been replaced by the next stranger.
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
From “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare
Due to COVID I have unfortunately had to mothball this project, as the number of people allowed to loiter around the station, providing interesting vignettes of city life, has dropped to almost zero, but I hope to resurrect it if and when the pandemic next allows it.
- The Stage
A City Soap Opera
A soap opera is usually a radio or television series that deals with domestic situations and is frequently characterised by melodrama and sentimentality, an important element of ...
- The Poster
Introduction
Today’s vignette: Murder !!
A poster requesting information and eyewitnesses to a crime in the Moabit district of Berlin suddenly appears stuck to the wall.
The Stage
This is part of a continuing ...
- The Pedestrian
Introduction
The gruesome details listed out on the poster of the heinous crime committed against one of Berlin’s pensioners give many pause for thought.
The Stage
This is part of a continuing series ...
- The Bicycle and the Bottle
Introduction
Today’s vignette concerns the bicycle that was left leaning against the wall for most of the late afternoon and the bottle that suddenly appeared next to it . . . ...
- Morbid interest
Introduction
The untimely demise of one of Berlin’s elderly citizens continues to attract interest from passersby and those with time on their hands.
The Stage
This is part of a continuing series of ...
- Back to reality
Introduction
The poster now gone, together with any interest in the recently deceased, the location slowly returns to normal, a reigning atmosphere of calm, almost as though it were an intermission ...
- A clean sweep
Introduction
A BVG cleaner symbolically removes all traces of previous events, the ramshackle narrative can now continue anew.
But clouds appear to be gathering, is it the quiet before the storm?
The Stage
This is ...
- The Stage – Video introduction
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The Stage
This is part of a continuing series of photos taken of a wall outside the main entrance to Bahnhof Zoo rail station, ...
- The demon drink
Introduction
Another case for the emergency services.
But it is said that everyone is just one or two personal crises away from living on the street, becoming homeless, and once there it ...
- Behind the Scenes
Introduction
The curtain rises, a hush falls over the gathered crowd, from the wings a lone voice can be heard:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They ...
© Andrew James Kirkwood – 2024
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo This is a quote from Desmond Morris, the English zoologist and ethologist, and author of the book “The Naked ...
A lack of reality “Abstraction” means to draw or pull away from, of removal, of isolation. Abstract photography can therefore be where the subject is so captured that it no longer has ...
Polished black chrome A black and white series taken on the streets of Berlin.
Through a glass darkly Originally a biblical phrase, to see “through a glass” is to look into a mirror or a lens, “darkly” means that the view is not clear, it ...
