Esther Levine
B E R L I N

 

About the Exhibit

In 1998, Esther Levine returned from one of her many trips to Berlin. It was during this stay that she realized just how quickly the cityscape was changing. Overcome by a need to document this change she photographed the process, collecting a visual library of artifacts that form the body of this exhibit.

Esther began by photographing construction sites and the people that lived and worked there, and continued documenting Berlin over the next five years. Through this process, she amassed a large collection of visual elements that have disappeared or changed completely. The end result is a photographic time capsule full of life in Berlin.

 

About the Photographer

Esther Levine is a German born, New York based photographer. She began her studies in documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City. In 2001, she was featured in Photo District News ‘s 30 under 30 issue. Since then, she has had exhibits in New York and Europe, shot ad campaigns and had her work published in a variety of European magazines.

Last December, she was inducted as a member of Tangophoto, an international group of independent photographers.

 

This event is curated by Michelle Jackson


Previous exhibitions at The Half King
THE PEOPLE OF PROTEST by PAUL PARK
JUAREZ, CITY OF MISSING WOMEN by TIMOTHY FADEK
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC by SPENCER PLATT
EYEBLINK by JAMES WENDELL
CONFESSIONS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER by JULIA CALFEE
HARVEST by JEFFREY LAMONT BROWN
WAR IN LEBANON by PAOLO PELLEGRIN
IN THE SHADOW OF POWER by KIKE ARNAL
CYCLE OF VIOLENCE by SHAUL SCHWARZ
THE OUTCASTS OF SLOVAKIA by JULIE DENESHA
AFGHANISTAN EMBEDDED by TEUN VOETEN
NEW ORLEANS: WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE by MARIO TAMA
VANISHING GIANTS by JENNIFER HILE
ONE IN A BILLION by DAVID BUTOW
EDGE OF PERFECTION by DAVID BURNETT
MAKASUTU
by JASON FLORIO
PYONGYANG DESIGN by TEUN VOETEN
SUDAN by BEN LOWY
HOMELAND by MICHAEL WILLIAMSON & DALE MAHARIDGE
WATER CULTURE by BRENT STIRTON
AÏNA PHOTOJOURNALISM INSTITUTE OF AFGHANISTAN
CAMBODIA'S LOST BOYZ by TERU KUWAYAMA
WAR ZONES by MIKE KAMBER
LIBERIA BY CHRIS HONDROS
BERLIN BY ESTHER LEVINE
LONGING BY GREG DWYER
CORN BY GREGORY THORP
CAKE & HOTDOGS and WILD WEEKEND WOMEN BY ANDREANNA LYNN SEYMORE
ATHLETES BY SCOTT McDERMOTT
HAVANA PASSAGE BY TARA SGROI
ABOVE AND BELOW THE PAVEMENT BY SERGE J-F LEVY
 

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