John Sandell photography
Image of the Month | January 2012
The image posted here each month is usually a new addition to the site. Sadly it often doesn't happen on time – or at all – despite my best intentions to do the update in the first few days of each month. But I try! Earlier Images of the Month are shown in the growing IOTM Archive, which is now spread over several pages.
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Holocaust Memorial, Berlin

Holocaust Memorial, Berlin. Officially called the 'Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe', this 'field of stelae' – designed by American architect Peter Eisenman – is set on an undulating site 100 metres south of the Brandenberg Gate, in the centre of Berlin. It opened in 2005 after a long and often controversial planning and building process. The 2,711 concrete blocks (stelae) are arranged in a regular grid over an area of nearly five acres. At first the arrangement appears uniform, but closer inspection shows that each block is at a slight angle to its neighbour, creating a feeling of uncertainty. Walking among the tall blocks at the centre felt disorientating and claustrophobic ... I wanted to photograph the memorial without the certainty and comfort and busyness of the modern world around it, so most of my images taken over nearly an hour used a long lens to exclude surrounding streets. The weather was dull and the lighting flat. more »

Technical: NIKON D300, f=200.0 mm, ISO640, 1/250 sec @ f8.0

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