Last year, the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation supported The BronxBerlinConnection a project by the social work organization Gangway e.V. The BerlinBronxConnection brings disadvantaged and endangered youth from the Bronx and Berlin together, using a shared interest in hip hop to help broaden their horizons, realize their own potential, and get them back on track pursuing their education and finding a place in society.

Gangway e.V. has released a video about this visit that we are very pleased to share with you.

https://youtu.be/pEq4pkxVqbM

In January, the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation funded the visit to Berlin of two very unusual photographers: Bruce Hall (from Orange County, CA) and Sonia Soberats (from New York) are both blind. During their visit,which was organized by Laboratorium e.V., the two extraordinary photographers attended the opening of an exhibition of their work, spoke before an interested public of admirers, aspiring photographers and media representatives, and offered photography workshops.

You can watch a trailer for a film about them here. https://player.vimeo.com/video/165739769?wmode=opaque

Ms. Soberats also has a flickr page, where you can see some of her extraordinary work:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seeingwithphotography/sets/72157613355579108/

Learn more about Bruce Hall here:
http://www.brucehallphoto.com/

An interview (in German) by RBB Radio about a film about them is available here:
http://www.shotinthedark-film.com/pressestimmen/