You see, when Deutsche Börse is not holding its New Year’s reception in this hall, it is exhibiting photographs from its own art collection here. Some of these pictures can be found up here on the gallery, including photos from a series taken by Christian Borchert. He took portraits of families at home, usually in their living rooms.
Years later, he came back to photograph them again. His images show how people change, yet stay the same. Things get particularly fascinating when you consider how much these families' circumstances changed. The ﬁrst pictures date back to the GDR era; the last were taken in post-reuniﬁcation Germany. The shifting sands of time put us to the test, over and over again.