A world divided by walls

(This article was suggested by Taquista Ito Romo)

By Brett Roegiers, CNN

Kai Wiedenhöfer photographed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He says he was deeply moved by the historic event, calling it the most positive political experience of his life.

From 2003 to 2006, Wiedenhöfer documented the construction of the controversial barrier between Israel and the West Bank. Then he expanded his focus to photograph other boundaries set up in response to global conflicts.

Over the last seven years, Wiedenhöfer has also been to the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, and a wall in Baghdad built by the U.S. Army. In all, he made 21 trips to eight different walls.

The resulting photographs will soon be published as a series of diptychs in his latest book, “Confrontier.”

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[Photo by Kai Wiedenhöfer]

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