This is a screenshot taken from Simon Hoegsberg's, We're all Gonna Die: 100 meters of existence. The 100-meter long photograph documents 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the Summer of 2007. (I chose this particular shot because I love her dress and he totally looks like a 50's greaser.) I'm not quite sure how he created the final image, but it's pretty interesting to see the diversity of people he captured.I am thoroughly intrigued by his way of working. He relies so much on chance and has found a way to connect people on a universal level.
"In 2004 I spent six weeks stopping people on the street in Copenhagen askingI can't stop looking through his website, so interesting.
them what they were thinking about the second before I stopped them."
"In the winter 2004 I decided to find out if I could get from Copenhagen to
the Mediterranean Sea with just 14 euro in the pocket."
"In the summer 2005 I decided to cycle from Denmark to Istanbul on a 25
kilo tourist bike with tires of solid rubber."

I like the dress too!
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