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Mysterious Vintage Photo with a Rock Star

July 10, 2009

Can you name the famous people in this photograph?  I restored it several years ago from the original 8×10 photo.  It was shot by my friend Lilo, who is originally from Germany and is now an American citizen.  As I understand it, she was always hanging around Berlin with a camera…she just happened to look around  and  snap this.  I find it fascinating…of course Bowie is immediately recognizable, but the others in the photo look vaguely familiar to this baby boomer; and is the blonde woman singing?  They all seem to be attentive to her as if she was performing…and what’s with the lily; I get the feeling of a cemetery.  A funeral, perhaps?  Hoping Lilo will respond with a comment and enlighten us. Regardless, it’s a wonderful study in human drama; perhaps they were even filming a scene!  

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ClassicQuote of the Day:  

One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.

–Emily Dickenson

Filed Under: Fine Art Portraiture, Photo Restoration, Uncategorized

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Comments

  1. lilo says

    July 11, 2009 at 5:01 am

    it is on the cemetery in Schoeneberg where the grim brothers have been buried and i used to take black and white photographs of cool gravestones and old mausoleums.. there is something so peaceful and airy about them… i stumbled on this scene which was a movie shoot i believe …. i snapped the photo and was asked to move on as soon as i was spotted but i am sure no one saw me take this photo. i gave it to a very good friend of mine that would take good care of it. it traveled so much with me that i was worried it would finally disintegrate…. and thanks to Brenda and her unmatched creativity as a photographer and artist it will now be restored for ever

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