Photographer Spots at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin

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You usually don´t see what is past the end of the runway at fashion shows. It´s this! A small area where 30-50 photographers try to fit inside and get the best shot possible. Many times you are pointing your lens through the space between 3 other photographer´s hands, shoulders, or elbows!

Photographers / Agencies mark their spots before the show begins. Obviously DPA (largest german photo / news agency), Associated Press, and Reuters are at the front. You can also see Action Press and Getty Images in the photo.

Where was I shooting from?

During the fashion show, you see how competetive and seriously photographers take their work. Some are freelance and others have a daily salary. There are often arguements and disagreements:

"You are in my way!"

"I was here first!"

"Hello? Can you move so I can get a shot?" Share

Ice Crystal Formations in our Berlin Apartment Window

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Extreme temperature drop forms ice crystals in-between insulates windows in Berlin, Germany. In some areas, the temperatures reached -20 degrees celsius. The ice forms shapes similar to flowers, leafs, and other natural patterns. Share

Berlin Canal "Landwehrkanal" freezes after a month of sub zero temperatures

Berlin Canal "Landwehrkanal" freezes after a month of sub zero temperatures, originally uploaded by joaobambu.

Berlin residents walk ontop of the frozen Landwehrkanal. The Landwehrkanal is a 10 km long canal parallel to the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, built between 1845 and 1850 according to plans by Peter Joseph Lennè].

It connects the upper part of the Spree at the Osthafen (Eastern Harbour) in Friedrichshain with its lower part in Charlottenburg, flowing through Kreuzberg and Tiergarten.

Today the waterway is mainly used by tourist boats and pleasure crafts. In Kreuzberg a long part of the Landwehrkanal is accompanied by the U1 line of the Berlin U-Bahn, which runs here as an elevated railway.

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Mir ist so warm! I am really warm says the snowman in Berlin

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The past few days have seen temperatures drop as low as -15 degrees Celsius. Over the weekend, an energy company sponsored a snowman building event on Schlossplatz. The area was previously used by the Palast der Republik and in the summertime a grassy area. Share

Frozen Berlin

Mercedes Benz buried in the snow, originally uploaded by joaobambu.

According to the Berliner Zeitung (http://www.bz-berlin.de/), today temperatures will reach -14 degrees Celcius! However, it might "feel" like -21 degrees.

Welcome to Siber)lin)ia!

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Sudanese Supermodel Alek Wek at Berlin Fashion Week

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Topmodel Alek Wek appeared during Anja Gockel´s show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin on January 21st, 2010. For many it was the highlight of the week

Wek was discovered at an outdoor market in London in 1995 in Crystal Palace, south London by a Models 1 scout. She first received attention when she appeared in the music video for "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner, in 1995 and from there entered the world of fashion as one of its top models. She was signed to Ford Models in 1996 and was also seen in the "Got 'Til It's Gone" music video by Janet Jackson that year. She was named "Model of the Year" in 1997 by MTV.

She was born the seventh of nine children in Wau in Southern Sudan in 1977. The exact date is unknown. When she was preparing to emigrate from Sudan, her mother picked the date April 16, which occurs in the rainy season during which she was born. She says her name means "Black Spotted Cow".Topmodel Alek Wek appeared during Anja Gockel´s show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin on January 21st, 2010. For many it was the highlight of the week

Wek was discovered at an outdoor market in London in 1995 in Crystal Palace, south London by a Models 1 scout. She first received attention when she appeared in the music video for "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner, in 1995 and from there entered the world of fashion as one of its top models. She was signed to Ford Models in 1996 and was also seen in the "Got 'Til It's Gone" music video by Janet Jackson that year. She was named "Model of the Year" in 1997 by MTV.

She was born the seventh of nine children in Wau in Southern Sudan in 1977. The exact date is unknown. When she was preparing to emigrate from Sudan, her mother picked the date April 16, which occurs in the rainy season during which she was born. She says her name means "Black Spotted Cow". Share

Fashion on Steroids!

A model walks the runway at the Patrick Mohr Fashion Show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week Berlin Autumn/Winter 2010 at the Bebelplatz on January 21, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.Patrick Mohr presents his A/W 2010-2011 Show "are we shaved?". Many of the models are bodybuilders. His theme consists of the idea of UNISEX and the difference between man and woman is not important. The colors blue, yellow, and red play a central role in the fashion. The materials consist out of linen, jeans, and cotton. Triangles and parallelograms also play a part in his designs.

His style is known to be extravagant and shocking. Share