In February 1990, I spent a few days in Berlin photographing crocodiles in Berlin Zoo.
The period I was there was about halfway between the date the wall first opened up and the end of the GDR itself, a strange period steeped in the anticipation of change.
Still lit with searchlights and patrolled by East German guards, the wall was being eroded by people chipping away at it, even at 1:00am.
As each layer was chipped away, new graffiti appeared on the rough surface underneath. At night, the vibrancy of the colours under searchlights and flash gives the wall a different power from the daytime.
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