Photo Gallery East Germany, Up Close and Personal
He had only wanted to see the chalk cliffs on the island of Rügen, but then he discovered the rough charm of the East. Photographer Karlheinz Jardner took fascinating photos during a trip through East Germany in the spring of 1990, the year of German reunification, and in doing so he documented a world that would soon disappear forever.

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner

Foto: Karlheinz Jardner