Black and white photographs by Mark Ostow
May 2, 1996 through June 19, 1996
Curated by Michelle Fiorenza
My name is Mark Ostow and I should probably tell you why I took these pictures.
I sold my graphics business six years ago because I wanted to photograph people.
Now I spend most of my time photographing, sometimes for MIT/Sloan, sometimes for
advertising agencies, sometimes for the Boston Phoenix. I continually find it
challenging. Every person, every situation, every time I ask someone to trust me
... it's like the first time I took a picture.
I went to Berlin because my grandmother use to live there and a my uncle had a
store there a long time ago. I didn't know anyone and I didn't really know what
I wanted, but when I got there I was amazed at how open people were. This is a
place where you can still talk to people, where every store isn't part of a
chain. It's a place where people still matter.
That's why I take pictures.
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