{"id":725419,"date":"2026-08-03T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725419\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:00:23","slug":"berlin-photobooth-has-a-new-home-in-glasgow-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725419\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin photobooth has a new home in Glasgow city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The analogue Photoautomat has been installed in the foyer at Trongate 103, after arriving in the city as part of a collaborative project between artist Simon Murphy and Street Level Photoworks\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It stands &#8220;as a symbol of photography&#8217;s power to break down barriers and connect people&#8221; and has already attracted dozens of people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Photoautomat at Trongate 103 (Image: Simon Murphy)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The booth travelled from the workshop of Asger Doenst and Ole Kretchemann, two friends who resurrected the traditional photobooth on the streets of Berlin in 2004.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes after Simon photographed Photoautomat machines across Berlin, which will form a book celebrating 100 years since their invention and their ability to &#8220;break down barriers and borders, both physically and internally&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Kickstarter campaign has also been launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/photoautomat\/photoautomat?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to help fund the book<\/a>, with more than \u00a310,000 raised so far.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Photoautomat at Trongate 103 (Image: Simony Murphy)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Simon said: &#8220;All of my projects are rooted in a celebration of the medium of photography.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I believe in and have witnessed the power of photography to shape lives and trigger thoughts that can lead to change.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I asked myself &#8216;how can I make a project to celebrate the camera, the very tool that has changed my life&#8217; and &#8216;what could I photograph as a metaphor to describe the camera&#8217;s ability to break down barriers and connect people with other people&#8217;?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The answer lay in the 34 vintage Photoautomat machines of Berlin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I had been visiting Berlin with my students to photograph architecture for years and I loved the experience of using these booths to bring a memento of my trip back home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I believe photographic projects exist deep within the subconscious and in simple things that the photographer notices and is drawn to, often without knowing why.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Photoautomat is accessible when Trongate 103 is open.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Kickstarter for Photoautomat can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/photoautomat\/photoautomat?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The analogue Photoautomat has been installed in the foyer at Trongate 103, after arriving in the city as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-725419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}