'Die Augen weit offen' (Eyes Wide Open) reveals the unfiltered reality of East Germany through the eyes of a photographer deeply embedded in its political and social fabric. From his lifelong observation of Alexanderplatz, that started with his graduation project to his documentation of the Vietnam War, and his travels to Cuba and the USSR, Billhardt’s images document history as it unfolded: raw, intimate, and free from nostalgia.
Image gallery
Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1060
It is proof that life finds a way, no matter how rigid the system:
people loving, laughing, protesting and surviving despite and within a system far bigger than themselves.
- The exhibition is realized in collaboration with Camera Work Gallery.
