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Hotel Bogota / I Was There

December 8, 2013 by knutskjaerven

Hotel Bogota, Berlin the very last day, December 1, 2013. They were selling out. I was there. I am glad I was there. Advertisements

Categories: Berlin, Council Of Europe, Germany, Self Portrait • Tags: Hotel Bogota

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This man, whom I got to know because I asked too take his picture, posed as a street photographer playing for small money. Suddenly his started to play Spanish guitar and everybody went silent. He was an educated man. Spanish guitar, he said, changed my life. He was there, the last day of the legend. © Knut Skjærven

Categories: Berlin, Council Of Europe, Germany, Hotel Bogota • Tags: Hotel Bogota, Rattle And Hum

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Hotel Bogota, Berlin

December 2, 2013 by knutskjaerven

Friends came to help out with clearing Hotel Bogota in Berlin on December 1, 2013. This is artist Caroline Weihrauch, who gives a hand serving the last guests. A piece of history will for ever be gone from Berlin.

Categories: Hotel Bogota • Tags: Caroline Weihrauch

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Hotel Bogota, Berlin

December 2, 2013 by knutskjaerven

It was a huge sell out. Hotel Bogota in Berlin started clearing out on December 1, 2013. I was interested in the last poster for the tango sessions held there over the years. This lady was sitting there and agreed to be in the picture. The poster is above her head. I asked if I could buy it, and at first they said no. After some mediating with the owner, Joachim Rissman, I managed to gets it off the wall. Stamped […]

Categories: Hotel Bogota • Tags: Hotel Bogota

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New Street Agenda, Berlin June 12-15, 2014

November 12, 2013 by knutskjaerven

Click the image to read more about New Street Agenda. For questions, please use the contact form below or write directly to knutATskjaerven.com Good luck with it. November 30, 2013

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