Loud and shrill punks, hippies and kissing couples in a sea full of Trabbis, combative flags and demonstrators in front of the Palace of the Republic, shadowy creatures and drunks in their local pub and at folk festivals or people waiting patiently at stops - Harald Hauswald's view is genuine and sensitive. His pictures are full of sympathy for the object photographed and especially the people in front of his camera. They always maintain their dignity and stand in contrast to the decay and madness that surrounds them. They are images of the monotony, but also of the slowness of life in the GDR, evidence of an isolated and enclosed world shortly before its collapse. Contrary to the West's prevailing image of East Germany - dominated by the SED and FDJ, the Wall and barbed wire, marches and military parades - Harald Hauswald provides powerful and unique snapshots and evidence of everyday socialist life, in particular the development of East Berlin's urban space and the work of opposition groups, artists and various youth cultures.