Berlin. Portrait of a City

Taschen's coffee-table book 'Berlin. Portrait of a City' is the most comprehensive photographic study of an extraordinary metropolis. At 560 pages, in addition to quotes from famous Berlin icons and connoisseurs, from Marlene Dietrich to John F. Kennedy to David Bowie, the book offers a stunning selection of aerial photographs, street scenes and portraits taken by renowned photographers such as Helmut Newton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, René Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth and Wolfgang Tillmans. 

Berlin survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and was reunited after the wall fell. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present, this book is the most comprehensive photographic study of this extraordinary city, steeped in history as much as spirit.

More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social and photographic history, this book is also a tribute to the people of Berlin: full of hope and strength, their faces reflect Berlin's imperishable soul. From the imperial era as the capital of Prussia, through the turbulent 1920s, to devastating war images and heartwarming postwar photographs of a city coming to terms - the Reichstag in ruins and later enveloped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Specifications
Title: Berlin. Portrait of a City
Publisher: TASCHEN
Size: 250 x 350 x 50 mm
Size: 560 pages
Weight: 4.21 Kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 978382284451

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