Quite the study in contrasts. Of course, using B&W for the Prora work adds to the mood you create. Thanks for the tour through history. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:36 AM To: "LUG" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "LEG" <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [LRflex] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen > Hello all, > > Some shots from our recent trip to Stralsund and across > the bridge to the island of Ruegen. > > Binz is a holiday resort from the times of the German > Kaisers - and has not changed much since. > > Prora is a development from an even darker era of > German history - and has not changed at all. > > Built by the KdF movement as a happy holiday home for > tens of thousands of Nazis, it was never actually > completed and used for its intended purpose. > > Its varied post-war history includes use as barracks > for the GDR Volksarmee (the perpetuation of German > dictatorship under a different political colour), > accommodation for Russian occupation forces and, after > reunification, numerous projects that were all doomed > to failure - probably due to the atmosphere of the > place: cold, uninviting, overpowering and desolate. > > The gallery starts here: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Ruegen/Binz_Prora-0002.jpg.html > > Comments and criticism welcomed > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/