It’s been a busy week, to say the least…it’s getting harder and harder for photographer Rankin and us to pick out only a few portraits each week, watching all these fantastic pictures coming in on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well as over e-Mail. We would have loved to simply pick a few more of you prior to the event! Collectively we are creating a #PortraitofBerlin.

However,  we want to offer as many passers-by as possible the chance to be photographed on April 30th, too. We are looking forward to another week with your photos, the final week of our social media campaign. It’s all about hashtagging things on the social web these days, so we are using #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe. Add them to your posts on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to easily participate in our project.  Next Sunday, 5 pm, we will announce the last ten portraits selected prior to the event.

The dice has been cast and there they are, this week’s five portraits for #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read the full guidelines of participation here.

 

It’s been an exciting first week seeing all your photos for #PortraitOfBerlin coming in, causing photographer Rankin and us a hard time picking out the first portraits for Rankin Live at KaDeWe. So, here they are…the first five lucky people that will have their photo taken by Rankin live at KaDeWe, 30. April 2016. Congratulations!

It’s all about hashtagging things on the social web these days, so we are using #portraitofberlin #RankinLive #KaDeWe. Add them to your posts on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to easily participate in our project. We will pick out five more Berliner portraits next Sunday, 5pm and even ten more on Sunday, 24. April. Try again next week to increase your chances to be seen among all those great Berliners. There are fifteen of you left to be assured in advance that they will be photographed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is just the beginning: At the event plenty of you will have the opportunity to experience one of the biggest photo shoots in Germany. Sign up to our newsletter or stay in touch via our Facebook event.

Collectively we are creating a Portrait of Berlin. You can send an e-Mail to digital (at) kadewe.com for further questions.

For the last time before its reconstruction, the KaDeWe Atrium will serve as a platform for an outstanding installation: a huge custom built photographic portrait studio, with hair and make-up stations as part of the experience. We are looking forward to seeing you for an extra-ordinary piece of theater, soon!

You can read the guidelines of participation for the social media streetcasting here. Berlin isn’t about beauty, it is about character.

Over a three-weeks period, starting today, twenty of you can be assured to have their photo taken by Rankin live at KaDeWe Berlin on Saturday, April 30th 2016, no cueing needed on the day as we will schedule you in prior to the event.

Here is how it works: Take a selfie or upload an interesting portrait of you and let us know what makes you a #portraitofberlin.  Try again the following week for another chance.

Show us who are the people making Berlin such a great city to live in. Collectively, we are creating a #PortraitofBerlin. Each of the three Sundays, between 10.04.16 & 27.04.16 at 5pm that weeks portraits will be announced.  We will pick out five, another five and then ten more of you, week by week, with the last chance on  Sunday, April 24th. Follow KaDeWe Berlin on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or just watch out on #portraitofberlin for further information. You can start sending your pictures now!

Berlin is not about beauty, it’s about character.

 

“I think every city has its aesthetics doesn’t it?”  Rankin told WWD in an interview last week.

As the interview continues: “I don’t know what it will be like in Berlin. I haven’t been in a while. There are a lot of British people that go to Berlin. Artists make a beeline because it’s a place to create art. It’s a creative community. I’ve got friends who live there full time. Loads of my friends have gone and spent time there. I like Germany, in general. I do a lot with Heidi Klum, obviously. It’s a great place to visit.”  “I love taking pictures of different people,” he said. “To represent it on the store hoarding while it’s being redone, it’s really a big thing. It’s a real treat. It’s what I enjoy doing the most — taking pictures of people. I love the idea, it’s not celebrities. I love photographing everybody. I like people for the sake of what they are as people, not fame.”

 

Please note that  you must be over 18 to join this campaign. Have a read through the full guidelines of participation here.