Shinkichi tajiri biography of rory
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THE BERLIN WALL
"During my bi-monthly trips to Berlin, I explored the Wall. It was the most fascinating piece of architecture in Berlin, and it drew me like a magnet." - Shinkichi Tajiri
It took several weeks and more than 600 photos for Tajiri to photograph the entire 43 kilometers of the Wall.
Shinkichi tajiri biography of rory
In 1971, Tajiri printed a small book of the photos for its tenth anniversary. In 1973 he was given a flight along the Wall in a Bell 'Sioux' helicopter from the British Royal Air Force. Tajiri made a one 20-minute, continous pan - impossible to do with a film camera without special equipment - of the entire Wall.
The concept was to contain its 43 kilometers, in coded form, on 200 meters of magnetic tape. For its 20th anniversary in 1981 Tajiri made 24, full-circle panoramic photos of the Wall.
text: S. Tajiri, Autobiographical notations, Kempen Publishers, 1993
photo: Tajiri’s studio at the Hochschule der Künste, West Berlin, 1969.
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