Multiperspectivity

There is always more than one perspective to a story or a picture. The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus in Berlin houses 630 offices, the Bundestag's Library, the Specialized Research Services, a committee chamber, the Berlin-Wall Memorial, an exhibition space and a small Gym. With its 1.3 million books it is the third biggest Governmental library in the world. Standing on the site of the former Berlin Wall, the building’s modernist concrete structure recalls the cold history of Berlin’s socialist past, and the dreary modernist architecture that sprung during that era. It commemorates Socialist politician Lüders who was monumental in women’s rights in Germany, a struggle that is still ongoing. The modernist language is a vital choice for this national monument, a legacy of concrete that will never let Berlin forget its past. As an architecture photographer, I always look for geometric shapes and patterns. I chose to give this image a double exposure effect, not only because it combines the strong geometric shapes of the building, but also it gives the picture an artistic and surreal effect. Furthermore, I like it how the jogger is about to run through the circle, as if he is leaving one dimension and entering another.