A drag performer at La Vie en Rose, a cabaret in a mall on the Kurfurstendamm in West Berlin.
A Las Vegas style cabaret in a mall on the Kurfurstendamm in West Berlin.
Big Sexyland, a sex shop offering a variety of products and services to a growing clientele in East Berlin.
Inside Beate Uhse's famous porno shop. This was the first of its kind to open in East Germany, just a short distance from where the Berlin Wall once stood.
(L) Underground queer fashion show hosted by designer/performer Bev Stroganoff at the Loulou Lasard gallery in East Berlin.
(R) Behind the scenes of a promotional film to entice Westerners to come to The Sophien Club, a new hip club in Berlin's east side.
A performer gets ready at the Distel Cabaret in East Berlin.
East Berliners gather for a show at the Distal Cabaret.
A squatter stands outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
Dancers at techno rave in East Berlin's "House of Young Talent," hosted by hip young West Berlin entrepreneurs.
The Knaast Club, a well-known gay leather bar, in West Berlin.
Underground queer fashion show hosted by designer/performer Bev Stroganoff at the Loulou Lasard gallery in East Berlin.
Flirtation at the Oranien Bar, or "O-Bar," a trendy meeting place in East Berlin.
Flirtation at the Oranien Bar, or "O-Bar," a trendy meeting place in East Berlin.
(L, R) The East Gallery, on Berlin's East side, is billed as the world's largest outdoor gallery. After the Berlin Wall came down, a Canadian artist made 1.5 km an exhibition space and invited artists from all over to contribute panels, many of which are very political.
(Center) A worker moves some of the props at the DEFA, or German state film studio, which opened in 1911 and was the first European studio to make sound pictures. Its glorious past has faded since the war.
A squatter stands outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
(L) Dominique, a French trans sex worker, on the Potsdamerstrasse plaza in West Berlin.
(R) A performer at Club Dollywood, a classic West Berlin cabaret show.
Angela, a performance artist from West Berlin, outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
London Observer Magazine, "Berlin After The Wall"
Published on April 14, 1991.
A drag performer at La Vie en Rose, a cabaret in a mall on the Kurfurstendamm in West Berlin.
A Las Vegas style cabaret in a mall on the Kurfurstendamm in West Berlin.
Big Sexyland, a sex shop offering a variety of products and services to a growing clientele in East Berlin.
Inside Beate Uhse's famous porno shop. This was the first of its kind to open in East Germany, just a short distance from where the Berlin Wall once stood.
Behind the scenes of a promotional film to entice Westerners to come to The Sophien Club, a new hip club in Berlin's east side.
Underground queer fashion show hosted by designer/performer Bev Stroganoff at the Loulou Lasard gallery in East Berlin.
A performer gets ready at the Distel Cabaret in East Berlin.
East Berliners gather for a show at the Distal Cabaret.
A squatter outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
Dancers at techno rave in East Berlin's "House of Young Talent," hosted by hip young West Berlin entrepreneurs.
The Knaast Club, a well-known gay leather bar, in West Berlin.
The Knaast Club, a well-known gay leather bar, in West Berlin.
Underground queer fashion show hosted by designer/performer Bev Stroganoff at the Loulou Lasard gallery in East Berlin.
Flirtation at the Oranien Bar, or "O-Bar," a trendy meeting place in East Berlin.
Flirtation at the Oranien Bar, or "O-Bar," a trendy meeting place in East Berlin.
Flirtation at the Oranien Bar, or "O-Bar," a trendy meeting place in East Berlin.
The East Gallery, on Berlin's East side, is billed as the world's largest outdoor gallery. After the Berlin Wall came down, a Canadian artist made 1.5 km an exhibition space and invited artists from all over to contribute panels, many of which are very political.
A worker moves some of the props at the DEFA, or German state film studio, which opened in 1911 and was the first European studio to make sound pictures. Its glorious past has faded since the war.
The East Gallery, on Berlin's East side, is billed as the world's largest outdoor gallery. After the Berlin Wall came down, a Canadian artist made 1.5 km an exhibition space and invited artists from all over to contribute panels, many of which are very political.
A squatter stands outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
Dominique, a French trans sex worker, on the Potsdamerstrasse plaza in West Berlin.
A performer at Club Dollywood, a classic West Berlin cabaret show.
Angela, a performance artist from West Berlin, outside a WWII bomb-damaged building in East Berlin. The building, a department store-turned-Nazi administration facility, is now run by a group of squatter artists who are transforming the space into an international multicultural arts center.
London Observer Magazine, "Berlin After The Wall"
Published on April 14, 1991.