The lives of others: Ute Mahler’s images of the real East Germany – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
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The lives of others: Ute Mahler’s images of the real East Germany – in pictures
Friends united … Aue, Circus Hein, 1973. Photograph: Ute Mahler/Ostkreuz – Agentur der Fotografen GmbH
In 1974, the German photographer set out to convey the truth about how people really lived in the communist GDR – depicting her fellow citizens with a ‘timeless coolness’
