"Eyes Wide Open" reveals the reality of the GDR through the eyes of a photographer who delved deep into its political and social fabric. From his lifelong observation of Alexanderplatz – beginning with his degree thesis – through his documentation of the Vietnam War, to his travels to Cuba and the USSR.
Image gallery
Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1060
Billhardt’s images capture history in the very moment it unfolds – unvarnished, intimate and free from nostalgia.
His work proves that life finds a way, no matter how oppressive the system may be. For people love, laugh, protest and survive – despite, and indeed within, these systems that are so much larger than the individual within them.
- The exhibition is being organised in collaboration with the Camera Work Gallery.
