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Laura Kunz
Moving from the Bavarian outback to a multicultural city like London has definitely been a big step in my life. Frankly speaking, I was not prepared at all. Although I have always enjoyed travelling and exploring other countries and cultures this time it was very different. Before I moved to London, I would have associated Britain with teatime in pretty country houses, hunting, coal mining, fish and chips and the Royal family. Moving to Elephant and Castle has completely changed my idea of 'Britishness'. It is not their monarchy that makes the British unique, but the sheer pluralism of their ancestry.
I took the Shadow pictures on London Bridge on my way to North London. At first, the shadow on the wall in the first picture seems to belong to the man in the blue jacket. But if you look closely at the second picture, you will see that it actually belongs to the woman in red. To me, these pictures have some kind of metaphorical value. I know what it is like to live in a divided country. Still today there are barriers to overcome between East and West Germany, but I have never felt cultural division as strongly as here in London. Sometimes I wonder if it is real or just created to compensate for other issues.
