Checkpoint charlie

Checkpoint Charlie Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie. checkpoint between East and West Berlin after WW2. Berlin, Germany. 2019

Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. The Soviet Union prompted the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop Eastern Bloc emigration westward through the Soviet border system, preventing escape across the city sector border from East Berlin to West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of east…

Zoll with their dog waiting to search another vehicle coming through Checkpoint Charlie (03/1982). That's "Snuffy" on the right.

Checkpoint Charlie Berlino

Checkpoint Charlie circa 1985

Tseng Kwong Chi 『曾廣智, 1950–1990』, "Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany" 『德國柏林，查理檢查哨』 (1986, silver gelatin print), M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong. In 1978, Tseng moved to NYC. In 1979, he began taking his influential black & white self-portraits. Shot over 10 years, the "Expeditionary Series" (aka "East Meets West") features Tseng posing in front of landmarks around the world—dressed in a second-hand Zhongshan suit (a Mao suit), mirrored sunglasses & a fake identification…

Checkpoint Charlie was erected by Americans with the construction of the wall on Sunday August 13th, 1961, in the Friedrichstrasse. It was named Charlie, foll...

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