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“I wanted to see what was hiding behind the prescribed official false optimism. I was looking for the truth in the inner realm of people’s lives.” – Ute Mahler, photographs of communist East Germany     Between 1972 and 1988, Ute Mahler repeatedly turned her camera on the people around her. “I wanted to find … Continue reading "Ute Mahler Shows Us The Real East Germany" The post Ute Mahler Shows Us The Real East Germany appeared first on Flashbak.
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