The Swedish photographer Ann-Christine Jansson often visited - without revealing her profession - Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing for foreigners and diplomats to East Berlin. She participated in meetings and demonstrations of the East German opposition, photographing them anonymously. These images were distributed in newspapers and magazines across Europe. To continue entering the former GDR, she published these photos anonymously. Since 1980, Jansson has worked as a freelance photographer for Scandinavian newspapers and magazines, as well as various German magazines such as Stern, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, and taz, die tageszeitung. In the 1980s, Jansson met East German photographer Harald Hauswald. Hauswald was the first GDR photographer to publish photo reports under a pseudonym in Western magazines such as GEO, ZEITmagazin, and taz. His social interest, combined with his artistic ambition, made him a significant photographer of the East. His images from the pre-reunification period played a crucial role in shaping the image of the GDR and the memories of East Berlin. Born in Radebeul, Hauswald moved to East Berlin after training as a photographer, where he also worked as a telegram messenger and photographed the everyday lives of people. He was a founding member of the OSTKREUZ Agentur and a recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit.

The event will be held in German.