NEW YORK—Berlin photographer Roland Horn recorded the construction of Berlin's new central train station, the Berlin Hauptbahnhof, over a period of eight years. Horn's photographs offer us insights into the Hauptbahnhof's challenging construction process.
The building project is now complete and Berlin's station has become one of the busiest in Europe, as well as a new icon of landmark architecture. The German House in New York is now showing some 30 of Horn's impressive photographs. Four series of images pay tribute to the enormous ability of engineers and workers involved in the project. Esthetically beautiful, Horn's photographs record each complex building phase, the completed building, and its prominent place in Berlin's ever-changing cityscape.
Together with his training as an industrial photographer, intimate access to the construction zones and befriending engineers and workers, the photographer was able to truly document both the technical and human dimensions that together result in as large and impressive a building as the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Horn's photographs at the New York's German House present an important historic record in finely selected images.
This exhibition will be on display until December 21, 2007 at the German House, German Consulate, 871 UN Plaza (First Avenue at 49th Street), New York. Hours: M-F 9-5
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