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History of Streetphotography

Eugène Atget’s photographs of Paris and its suburbs, taken at the end of the 19th century, can be attributed to street photography.

Its golden period began in the 1930s with the possibilities of faster and more compact 35mm cameras, the advent of magazines and the increased interest in everyday life and its facets. The genre of street photography in particular has produced outstanding illustrated books, including Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Images à la sauvette (1952), Robert Frank’s The Americans (1959), Hildegard Ochse’s Café Mitropa (1980) or more recently Bruce Davidson’s Subway (1986) and Saul Leiter’s Early Colors (2006).

What do you see when you walk through the streets? Are you ready to look at the object from a different perspective? Do you want to experiment with light and shadow?

What do you want to tell the others after you have taken your picture?

‘Photography is one of her main passions and it will always remain so since her childhood’

Holländisches Viertel in Potsdam

The #Dutch Quarter is a district located in the centre of #Potsdam, which was built between 1733 and 1742 in the course of the second urban expansion under the direction of the Dutch master builder Jan Bouman from #Amsterdam. The quarter consists of 134 #brick houses, which are divided into four squares by Mittel- and Benkertstraße.

Belvedere on the Pfingstberg in Potsdam

At 76 meters above NHN, the #Pfingstberg is one of #Potsdam’s highest elevations and is known above all for its Belvedere, which Frederick William IV had built in 1863 by the architects Ludwig Persius, Friedrich August Stüler and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse based on Italian models.

The unique view prompted King Frederick William IV to have the Belvedere on the #Pfingstberg built according to his plans. Inspired by his trip to Italy in 1828, he planned this building as the crowning glory of his transformation from Potsdam to a Prussian Arcadia, and it was the inspiration for numerous #Roman #buildings such as the Villa Medici, the Villa d’Este in #Tivoli and the Casino of the #Villa Farnese in #Caprarola. Ludwig Persius and, after his death, the architects Friedrich August Stüler and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse were commissioned with the construction.

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The trip from the Brandenburg Gate takes about 30-45 minutes. It is approximately 25 minutes from the old town of Spandau. It is always worth going there even in bad weather.

The road leads past a restaurant. Parking is not labeled, it looks like the end of the street. You can simply continue on foot. To reach the New Garden Park you have to climb 100 m up the small hill. The closer you get, the clearer the Belvedere outline becomes. In the surrounding area there are young students sitting with their painters. Possibly architecture students or graphic artists, painters or designers. At the entrance there is a big board with all information about this beautifully built building.

I would say, have fun climbing up and … When we translate “Belvedere”, you will enjoy the “beautiful view”, as the word means …