Berlin. Portrait of a City

Berlin has endured two world wars, was divided by the Wall during the Cold War, and was reunified after its fall. Today, the city is one of the power and cultural centers of Europe. This book is the most comprehensive photo study of Berlin ever published. The history of the city from 1860 to the present is documented by around 200 photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, René Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans, as well as renowned Berlin photo chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenstücker, Erich Salomon, Willy Römer, and Heinrich Zille. Quotes from Berliners and Berlin experts like Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Döblin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Sir Simon Rattle, David Bowie, and many others convey the ever-changing atmosphere of the city over the past 150 years.