Carolin Leszczinski

By Carolin Leszczinski

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This is from many years ago. I always photographed this boy because he looked so great and he would do whatever I wanted. We went to school together in Amsterdam. Afterward I went to visit him in Pennsylvania and I stayed with him at his parents’ house while they were away. We had a lot of fun. We’re still friends, but I haven’t seen him for years until now—he’s coming to Berlin soon and I’m excited to see him.

The ballerina photo happened when I did a boring fashion shoot with the students of a strict and old-fashioned traditional ballet school in East Berlin. The whole time there was a teacher watching me so that I wouldn’t take any pictures that the school would disagree with. As you can imagine, it was quite nerve-racking. When we finished the teacher disappeared for a second and that was when I got this photo. The girl was totally cool and loved it!

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These pictures are all of a friend of mine. The idea was that she would look like a Reeni (skinhead girl)—sexy but also awful in a way. The location is where there used to be an old abandoned Soviet army base. Directly next to it is a rundown but functioning horse-racing track. It all had a surreal old spooky socialistic atmosphere, which is what I liked about it.