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"Loud and shrill punks, hippies and kissing couples in a sea of Trabbis, militant flags and demonstrators:inside in front of the Palast der Republik, shadowy creatures and drunks in their favourite pub and at folk festivals or patiently waiting at bus stops - Harald HAUSWALD's view is unadulterated and sensitive. His pictures are full of sympathy for the photographed object and especially for the people in front of his camera. They always retain their dignity and stand in contrast to the decay and insanity surrounding them. They are pictures of the monotony, but also of the slowness of life in the GDR, testimonies of an isolated and enclosed world shortly before its demise. In contrast to the West's predominant image of East Germany - dominated by the SED and FDJ, the Wall and barbed wire, marches and military parades - Harald Hauswald provides vivid and unique snapshots and testimonies of everyday socialist life, especially the development of East Berlin's urban space and the work of opposition groups, of Künstler:innen as well as various youth cultures." (© Steidl Verlag, 2020)