by Lauren Langston


Hartmut Li
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Photographer Hartmut Li 

Hartmut Li was living with his parents in East Berlin when the Wall fell in 1989. He opened a small photography studio in his father's former paint shop. Nineteen years later, Li still works at the same location. He does studio photography, sells his work around Berlin, and repairs and sells old cameras. He shoots primarily in black-and-white film and has a darkroom above his studio where he prints his own work. Li considers himself lucky. Unlike many photographers in the city who have to take a second job, Li has been able to support himself.