"Slimane took photographs of his environment, people, and various places he visited while living in Berlin. These photographs were made into a book, published by Karl Lagerfeld in his EDITION 7L, a series of books published with Steidl publications. This is the second book in Slimane's career. (...)
Of his time in Berlin, Slimane notes, "Berlin is an open space for me—I don't feel like I need to make any effort when I am here. I take the overnight train from Paris, and I arrive really early in the morning, when the city is only slightly awake and silent. The train going from west to east creates a sort of urban intimacy [...]
"I don't know many people in Berlin. In addition, I don't speak German. So my rapport with the city is quite easy and immediate, without any particular expectations [...] It offers a totally different perspective from Paris. Berlin is constantly being reinvented."" (excerpted from the Summer 2002 issue of Index Magazine, interview with Klaus Biesenbach.)
