JANINE BAUMEISTER
Eyes on Concrete

06:30am. The building site fence opens. Clocking in. Cześć. Merhaba. Good morning Juten Tach och. A last sip of coffee. You can already hear the circular saw. Let's go.
On the streets of Berlin, beyond the meter-high building site fence, you know nothing of all this. You do not see them - the faces and stories of the people who play such a significant role in shaping our city. What you see from the outside is: another major project, another construction site, another thing changing the neighborhood. Berlin is booming and people have to be vigilant about keeping up. The fear of strangers, of being controlled by others in one's own neighborhood, is growing. Just like the desire for community, for a counterpart who looks back when you look at him. With the portrait photo project Eyes on Concrete, I want to do just that: break up the anonymity of the big city and give the many (migrant) workers of Berlin's countless construction sites a face that you can meet at eye level - literally.

Author
Janine Baumeister is a film producer, owns his own production company since 2007 and is a real Berliner. In 2021 She startet the project Eyes on Concrete while having her production office in the middle of a huge construction site. She was curious about the people behind the fence and picked up the camera herself - for the first time. Her passion for photography and the power of telling a personal stories through a portraits is growing ever since, so she is working currently on different portrait series to give people a face & a voice.

Website
www.lobocitofilm.de

Instagram
@janinebaumeister_photography

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