Slideshow reveals moments in time in the lives of strangers. Strangers to me, but maybe not to each other. Found in a Berlin flea market in the 1990's, these slides originated in the DDR (East Germany):an embossed DDR decorates the top of many of the vivid plastic slide frames.

The slides' photographic images were made of ephemeral materials; the color of the images has shifted over time. However; the slides' vibrant plastic frames have retained their color. As objects, they
have a certain graphic power, especially when illuminated on a light table. They frame their content: families at home, friends sharing meals, outdoor gatherings, travel—familiar photographic subjects.

Scattered among the boxed-up slides were also a few educational slides highlighting working sites, like foundries, hospitals, schools. Additionally, there seem to be a few commercially produced images of soldiers, the border---these were in cardboard slide frames and may have been produced by West German companies.

Time and place are suggested---sometime before 1989, when the wall came down. Working with the slides, I came to feel that I knew some of the people. Many emerged across multiple slides. But I can only know their traces.