City TV (Berlin) #96/16 Possibly 1997 - 2009

Frank Thiel’s “City TV (Berlin) #96/16” from the late 1990s to early 2000s is a striking photograph. It shows a wall completely covered in dense ivy, with a small part of a building barely visible beneath it. The image captures the natural world slowly consuming the urban environment, emphasizing the ongoing tension between nature and human civilization. This photograph, like much of Thiel’s work, focuses on the city and its complexities, using minimalist framing to make subtle observations about the everyday.