Laurent Tchedry was born in Avignon (France) in 1960. After training in photography and earning a projectionist diploma in Geneva (Switzerland) in the early 1980s, Laurent Tchedry worked as a projectionist in several cinemas in Geneva and as a film journalist. He also began his first photographic work during this time. He decided to leave Switzerland for Berlin. «I had come from Geneva to Berlin to live there: the Wall, the cinema, the GDR, the revolution, and communism, the whole atmosphere of the divided city impressed me. Berlin was still very much marked by the presence of the military, which was indeed hard to miss in the daily cityscape. This is also visible in many photos. As I selected the negatives, I noticed that I had taken many pictures in a slightly feverish state – out of surprise, astonishment, and also joy. Although it is certainly a somewhat naive concept to want to portray the portrait of a city that is about to reunite after 28 years of separation, I believe it reflects the spirit of the Wende, namely improvisation, the will for rapid change, even to the street names and the abolition of the entire GDR. One of the main difficulties for me was to report on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that, because of its historical dimension and its symbolic value, not only stands for itself but is equated with the collapse of the entire Eastern Bloc. In retrospect, it becomes clear that the photo series is certainly partly incomplete and only offers a limited view of the events of that time, which still occupy us today. Nevertheless, I believe that viewers, even those who do not know this city at all, can perceive the noise and silence, the sounds, the cries of joy, even the smells, such as the exhaust fumes of the Trabbis in the Friedrichstraße subway station, and also the fears and hopes in an almost physical way. If we today call the fall of the Wall a stroke of luck in history, I personally also consider it a stroke of luck to have been able to experience the events of that time directly.» Laurent Tchedry !)Please note that the work is provided without any frame, allowing you the freedom to frame it according to your taste and in alignment with your interior style. The frame shown in some photographs is for demonstration purposes only, providing you with an idea of how the artwork might look in your space. (!)The work is in good condition but may contain some imperfections and traces of time. It will be well packaged and protected