Hauswald's work as a mail carrier allowed him to provide us with insights into everyday life in East Berlin. This black and white image was captured in the neighbourhood of Prenzlauer Berg, where the photographer was based starting in the 1970s.
It provides a snapshot of the rundown Oderberger Strasse, depicting an activity that could take place in any socialist country, that is, the endless queuing for food, here queuing in front of the Dufft butcher store. Parallel to his black and white images, Hauswald began to experiment with coloured photography in the last years of GDR. A version of this picture can be found also in colour.