Gantlope Productions

Berlin in Colour

This is a Story
It's about a Journey
Through Berlin, A City Alive with Colour
A Painted Place
Of Concrete and Water
Of Pavement and Sky
Of People

A Journey
From Morning to Night
From Light to Dark
Front page of Zine titled Berlin in Colour by Marcus Rattray with a picture of concert posters stuck to a wall. There are many posters and they are peeling off. The most prominent poster has the words "Musikfestival fur Solo-Improvisation. 21 - 23.6.22 acker Stadt Palast. BER LIN SOL O IM PRO

A trip to Berlin in the summer of 2022 gave rise to the Zine ‘Berlin in Colour’.

100 copies of the Zine were printed. A5 28 pages, saddle stitched, full colour, numbered and signed by the author. Copies are still available to buy for £8.50 including postage and packing to the UK. Go here to buy

Some sample pages from the zine:

Two people wearing shorts and sportswear are posing looking very cool in front of a cafe bar that is shuttered. The shutter and concrete structure of the cafe is covered in graffiti. At the right and left of the picture it is possible to make out homeless people sleeping
The first picture shows a women pushing a bicycle in front of a grand building with linear columns. The building is off white, and so is the woman's jacket. The second picture is taken from the river and shows a wall and staircase from a jetty. The dominant colour is a similar cream to the picture on the left.
A single picture taken in an underground railway carriage (U-Bahn). The train is crowded and the main subject is two women who are standing close to each other, as if they are travelling together. One woman, who is bald is looking lovingly at the other, who is speaking on her phone and not looking back at her companion. Both women look tired. Both women and some of the other passengers are wearing masks,
On the left is a photograph of raspberries in punnets which are a very vibrant colour, and part of the price sign which contrasts. On the right hand side the page contains text: We Follow The Roads. Through the Afternoon. Into the Evening. And, Into the Night.
Two photographs. One shows a cafe owner outside a fast food restaurant called Doner Fantasia. The man has a ruddy pink complexion. One can see the street and there are several postes, one is of a pig. In the second photo, a cyclist is travellng past a restaurant window with the sign LET SOY BE A CULTURE and some Chinese lettering. In the window reflection you can see the photographer.
There are two photographs. One of Graffiti that includes two bearded men kissing, a dog with a cigar and a spooky looking child. The other shows a street scene at night with a small queue of young people outside a bottle shop called M.K. Spatshop. In the second picture it is possible to make out a couple dining at an open fronted small restaurant.
Two photographs of Berlin at night. One of graffiti, the other of young people at a cafe. The page bears the text 2022. 100 Editions. Gantlope Productions, Bingley, UK