A ranking of the "walls" that separate men around the world
It was seen with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the construction of a wall is an event against peace and tolerance in the world and often a pattern of tension. Photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer who attended the fall of the Berlin Wall, decided to describe with his photos, the main walls of our time, how they separate communities and influence conflicts.
Here are 9 photographs of current walls:
1. Construction of the border between Mexico and the United States. Arizona, 2008
2. The “peace line” in the west of Belfast, reinforced by concrete in 2008. Northern Ireland
3. End of the border in Mexico and the United States on the Pacific. Tijuana, Mexico, 2008
4. Observation station in Melilla, Spanish enclave in Morocco. 2008
5. South Korean army observation post on the demilitarized zone between the two crows. Panmunjom, South Korea. 2009
6. A wall between Palestine and Israel from the Shuafat refugee camp in the vicinity of Jerusalem. 2009
7. Wall between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Cyprus north of the island. Cyprus, 2010
8. Flowers paying tribute to those who tried to cross the Berlin wall. Germany, 2011
9. US Army Wall in Baghdad. Iraq, 2012
Seen on Wired.com. Photo credit: Kai Wiedenhöfer
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