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  • Statement Wear

     Statement Sunglasses Feature preview.   We had a bit of fun trying on shades.  Which do you like? Produced at Schonhelden Optic Berlin.    Stay Tuned for more.

  • Ikea after Lockdown

    I had to pop over to IKEA for a few home items.  Getting inside the store today, similar to waiting to get on a ride at Disneyland.  Crowd Control in the New Normal.

  • Berlin Reopening April 30th

    Berlin Reopening April 30th

     Still a lack of shoppers at local malls and stores.  The air of uncertainty continues to affect buyers after reopening 8 days ago. 

  • Shopping after Lockdown

    Shopping after Lockdown

    Berlin partially lifted the lockdown.  On Saturday I decided to go go to the KuDamm, the city’s main shopping area, to see the results of the reopening. The department store KaDeWe had it fist day of sale on the 25th.  I ventured in, curious. Shopping in the “New Normal” written for an episode of “Black […]

  • Berlin Reopening-Friday

    Berlin Reopening-Friday

    The city has eased the lockdown but shoppers are staying away from malls.   Demand has dissolved.   The “New Normal” for the short term means less consumption.   What makes it hard to buy? The constant reminders of the Coronavirus.  A Mood killer! 

  • Shopping, Post Lockdown

    Shopping, Post Lockdown

    Berlin partially lifted the lockdown form the Coronavirus Crisis. Stores up to 800 meters may open. But the limits are as follows: A limited number of people allowed for 20 meters. Sounds easy, but Soviet Union 1975, people standing in line waiting to get in a store.  I wanted to see it for myself. As […]

  • Ivanman Masks

    Ivanman Masks

    The fashion world continues to respond to the world’s needs during this time of crisis.   Fashion Designer Ivan from fashion brand Ivanman decided to convert his Atelier to face mask production. Refashioned from industry materials, the pieces are colourful and expressive.   As the Coronavirus Lockdown exit strategies come in focus. Face masks maybe required […]

  • Berlin’s New Normal

    Berlin’s New Normal

    My second feature on the “NEW NORMAL” in Berlin.  Normally bustling plazas and streets, now eerie silence.   At Easter the city is usually teeming with tourists.  This season all resembles a set from the television series “Black Mirror”.   While riding around on my bike taking pictures,  I could only shake my head. 

  • Berlin, Flesh and The Devil

    While going around taking images of Berlin in stand still I remembered the 1959 film “The World, The Flesh, and The Devil”.  A 1959 starring Harry Belafonte roaming an empty post apocalyptic New York City landscape. While the German Capital is not quite in that setting the urban atmosphere has an eerie feel.  As if […]

  • KADEWE redone,, but,,,

    KADEWE redone,, but,,,

    Department stores are ingrained the fabrics of cities. Cultural temples of consumption, meeting places to see and be seen. Before World War 2 Berlin had many grand showcases of prosperity lining its big streets and plazas. The sole survivor still in existence today is the KaDeWe on Tauentzienstrasse. Damaged by Allied bombings in 1943 the […]