In these photographs Robbins has captured Berlin s population as the people move through their architectural surroundings, addressing the physical, aesthetic, and emotional relationships between themselves and their immediate environment. Robbins calls our attention to the fact that in Year 2000 Berlin will once again become the capital of Germany. With roughly 600 square kilometers and 3.5 million inhabitants, Berlin is as large and important a city as New York, Paris, London or Tokyo.
Berlin is a city steeped in history, much of it familiar.
According to Robbins, this can be seen in its people. Everyone has a fascinating and different story to tell, he says. Each person s body language alludes to his or her individual narrative experience. While observing the way people move through the city, going about their daily lives, I felt I was watching individual histories play out before me. Hoch Schule der Kunste.