Bridge of Spies.

[Pete Askew]

Honest!



Leica M9 + 35 mm Leica Summilux M f1:1.4. ISO 160, 1/500s at f1:8.0. PP in LR / Nik SilverEFEX Pro 2.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Great comp., Pete. The framing of the bridge by the trees is perfect. What's the history behind the bridge? Some Cold War espionage? Or are you referring to the trees spying on the bridge??

 

[Pete Askew]

Actually the reference is to the recent film about a real-life spy exchange that took place during the Cold War. This is a view of Glienicke Brücke from Park Babelsberg, the very bridge that the spy exchanges took place on. To the right was West Berlin, to the left Potsdam and the GDR (as was Babelsberg). The bridge was used in the film and quite a bit of the filming and post-production was done at Studio Babelsberg.

Here it is again:

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/where-east-meets-west.12201/#post-97746

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ah, yes, I remember that shot of the kissing cyclists! Interesting to learn the background to the fridge.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Fridge? I knew it was a Cold War shot!

 

[Pete Askew]

Yeah, it's cool!

 

[John Allen]

Excellent composition.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Ok not long been up so that is my excuse. I took the four bridge pillars to be the spies, as I'd imagine they'd be hiding
Fine shot Pete and like the story, we thought it was a tense world back then, lets roll back and start again.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

LOL, Julian. Adjust your dosage

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

LOL, Julian. Adjust your dosage

Noooo any more and I'll be making weird assertions

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, John. Thanks, Julian.

There's a whole bunch of photos taken just after the wall fell here. Many are from Potsdam rather than Berlin.

http://www.babelsberg-studio.com/photographer.asp?u=12

 

[Rob MacKillop]

That's a great series, Pete. Gritty.

 

[Pete Askew]

They are all scans of the B&W prints he used for an exhibition about 15 years ago. I have edited a few of them for him and on modern materials there are very impressive indeed.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Superb Set Pete really enjoyed looking through that series.

 

[Pete Askew]

The photographer was Reinhard Füssel. I find them particularly interesting as they show the wall from the East German side and mainly from around Potsdam rather than Berlin.

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice composition, Pete. It looks so rural, but when I saw the film it seemed to be in the middle of the city.

 

[Pete Askew]

Much of the action took place in East and West Berlin, but the exchange was at Glienicke.

Thanks, Brian.

 

[Steve Boykin]

Really beautiful Pete. I always figured you for more of a Kubrick man though.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very much so, Steve.

Thanks.

 

[Aldous Lau]

Nice tones Pete