Dresden in black & white

Posted by Mirko Herzner (Mühlheim am Main, Germany) on 1 August 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

View of Dresden's old town in black & white. The river is the Elbe. Dresden was heavily bombed at the end of World War II and is still being rebuilt to it's former beauty... Map?

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Comments (18)

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Thanks for this image and the narrative. It is hard to get my mind around the notion that after 63 years - this place is still being re-built.

1 Aug 2008 5:55am

@Stephen Phillips: Thanks for commenting Stephen. Concerning these 63 years I have to add that the fact that still not everything is rebuilt to pre-war beauty is largely because of 40 years of socialist rule when there seemed to be few leading politicians wanting to rebuilt this beautiful (and many other) city in a traditional way. Most bombed city centers were rebuilt using typical socialistic architecture which was in most cases not really nice...

Marie Le Corre from Voiron, France

A very beautiful postcard

1 Aug 2008 6:11am

Riccardo from - Lyon - Isola Liri -, France

I visited this spectacular town! Very very beautiful and historical place this Dresden! I love Germany...Berlin...Mainz...Koln...Dresden...Franckfourt...the german girl...the curry wurtz!!! ^_^ Einen Guten Tag! Riccardo.

1 Aug 2008 6:40am

@Riccardo: Thanks Riccardo and welcome to Germany :-)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong

It's an elegant image in b/w and your presentation is excellent, Mirko.

1 Aug 2008 7:07am

Klaus from Augsburg, Germany

Sehr schöne Silhouette und gute Bildaufteilung, aber für meinen Geschmack im linken Bereich der Häuserfront ein klein wenig zu dunkel.

1 Aug 2008 9:02am

@Klaus: Danke für das offene Feedback, Klaus! Dieses Foto stammt noch aus der Frühphase meiner digitalen Fotografie. Wer weiß, wie ich es heute umsetzen würde... :-)

Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Very nice composition

1 Aug 2008 9:04am

@Erik: Thanks!

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

it's nice that they are able to restore the city back to its old glory - sad that all this beautiful history can be destroyed so easily

1 Aug 2008 9:48am

@Jason Kravitz: Thanks for commenting and yes, you are right with your words. This was a very dark era in German history indeed!

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

Love the skyline...be nice to see more detail?

1 Aug 2008 10:29am

@Ted: Thanks Ted. So you mean I should have zoomed in a little more?

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Nice silhouette. The larger dome at right is Frauenkirche, isn't it?

1 Aug 2008 10:55am

@António Pires: You are right, António. It is. Thanks for visiting!

Marcie from United States

Looks like a pre-WWII image. Wonderful processing!

1 Aug 2008 12:15pm

@Marcie: Thanks Marcie. I swear it was taken after WWII :-)

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

just a touch lighter...didn't want you falling into the water!

1 Aug 2008 5:04pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

Beautifully composed b&w!!! May peace be with us... forever.

1 Aug 2008 5:06pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

picture perfect shot here mate -- this should adorn a postcard for the city. beautiful light and shadow here, gives this shot a royal type of eminence...! love that sky!

1 Aug 2008 6:38pm