Manfred Paul: Paris 1988
Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (BLMK), Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus / Schliebe, Carmen / Paul, Manfred
In 1988 Manfred Paul was invited to go on a six-week trip to study in Paris. At the time, this was a rare opportunity for a photographer from East Germany to explore a country on the other side of the Iron Curtain. He managed to borrow a Leica M3 from one of the staff at the French Cultural Centre in Berlin, looking through the viewfinder of this camera gave him a special experience of Paris, which changed his way of seeing and had a lasting e...