Poetry

by Sandra Ratkovic

This series shows perspectives of veiled women who complement their urban Western surroundings (fair ground market), thereby adding a poetic level to these environments. As almost dream-like shapes they appear in Germany’s public urban life, adding diversity to it. These pictures were taken in 2013 and 2014 in Neukölln, Wedding and Mitte in Berlin. The images do neither argue for nor against the veil, but should rather make the observer recognize how other cultures complete and add to ours.

A painting on the front of a shop in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic
A young woman with a rose at a fair ground in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic
Young women at the bumper car attraction at a fair ground in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic
A woman inspects material at a market in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic
A woman standing by lights of a fair ground in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic
An elderly woman on a street corner in Berlin.By Sandra Ratkovic