Human Generated Data

Title

Watchtower Manned by East German Guards, East Berl in

Date

1979 (printed 1980)

People

Artist: Alfred Eisenstaedt, German 1898 - 1995

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lufthansa German Airlines, 1989.69.61

Copyright

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

Human Generated Data

Title

Watchtower Manned by East German Guards, East Berl in

People

Artist: Alfred Eisenstaedt, German 1898 - 1995

Date

1979 (printed 1980)

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lufthansa German Airlines, 1989.69.61

Copyright

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2022-01-23

Spire 99.4
Steeple 99.4
Tower 99.4
Architecture 99.4
Building 99.4
Nature 79.8
Outdoors 73.7
Person 71.2
Human 71.2
Silhouette 63.6
Person 59.2
Control Tower 57.4

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-26

tower 99.1
architecture 98.7
no person 97.9
television 97.2
city 97
building 95.6
telephone 94.7
church 94.3
sky 93.8
silhouette 93.4
travel 93.2
technology 92.9
old 92.3
urban 91.9
street 91.7
tallest 91.3
light 90.7
wireless 90.6
bridge 88.2
lamp 88.1

Imagga
created on 2022-01-23

lightning rod 100
conductor 94.9
device 77.1
sky 47.3
architecture 40
tower 37.8
antenna 37.8
building 30.5
minaret 24.9
city 24.1
structure 20.7
tourism 20.7
old 20.2
church 19.4
religion 17.1
travel 16.9
tall 16
landmark 15.4
exterior 14.8
high 14.7
cloud 14.7
mosque 14.2
outdoors 14.2
urban 14
construction 13.7
history 13.4
landscape 13.4
historical 13.2
town 13
historic 12.9
power 12.6
industry 12
communication 11.8
pray 11.6
monument 11.2
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technology 10.4
electric 10.3
famous 10.3
danger 10
industrial 10
wire 9.9
vacation 9.8
prayer 9.7
skyscraper 9.6
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electricity 9.5
clouds 9.3
tourist 9.1
summer 9
metal 8.9
transmission 8.9
pole 8.8
praying 8.8
stabilizer 8.7
harbor 8.7
downtown 8.7
faith 8.6
sea 8.6
culture 8.6
stone 8.4
house 8.4
ocean 8.3
sunset 8.1
steel 8.1
detail 8.1
light 8
pigeon 7.9
dome 7.9
chapel 7.9
voltage 7.8
eastern 7.8
capital 7.6
cityscape 7.6
cloudy 7.5
wind 7.5
silhouette 7.5
boat 7.5
environment 7.4
lake 7.3
business 7.3
cable 7.2
scenic 7

Google
created on 2022-01-23

Sky 95.1
Building 94.2
Skyscraper 91.2
Tower 90.7
Cloud 84.5
Style 83.8
Rectangle 81.6
Window 79.1
Tower block 77.9
Finial 75.4
Tints and shades 74.8
Monochrome photography 74.4
Steeple 74.2
Monochrome 73
Facade 72.1
City 71
Cityscape 68.5
Spire 67.9
Symmetry 61.2
Roof 59.8

Microsoft
created on 2022-01-23

black and white 93.9
sky 93.2
skyscraper 90.2
monochrome 85.1
city 71.5
building 70.2
text 67.7
tower 24.9

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Person
Person 71.2%
Person 59.2%

Categories

Captions

Microsoft
created by unknown on 2022-01-23

a view of a tall building 83.6%
a tall building 81.4%
a tower that has a sign on the side of a building 64.3%

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-18

a photograph of a tower with a television tower in the background -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-17

Here's a description of the image:

The photograph is a black and white, medium shot depicting a scene in what appears to be a city. Dominating the background is a tall television tower with a distinctive spherical structure at its center, a classic example of brutalist architecture.

In the foreground, a low roof or wall is visible. In the midground, there's a rectangular structure, possibly a guard post or a ventilation shaft, with small windows at the top. Silhouetted within those windows are two figures. The buildings around them are architectural landmarks.

The overall composition gives a sense of perspective with the tower in the distance, the structure in the middle ground and the low foreground. The overcast sky creates a somber mood, enhancing the starkness of the architecture. The lighting and shadows create a feeling of depth.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-17

The black and white image shows a section of a wall with a watchtower or lookout structure in the foreground, and the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) in the background.

The wall in the foreground is constructed of horizontal planks and is relatively dark, creating a strong contrast. Behind it, slightly to the right of the center, is a taller, square structure that appears to be a watchtower. The top of the tower has a section with windows, and the silhouettes of two individuals can be seen inside, suggesting they are on duty observing the surrounding area.

In the background, towering above the surrounding buildings and the wall, is the Fernsehturm, a distinctive landmark of Berlin. Its slender spire and globe-shaped structure are easily recognizable. The sky is overcast, with a uniform gray tone.

The composition suggests a sense of surveillance and confinement, possibly indicating a historical context related to the Berlin Wall or the Cold War era. The stark black and white tones contribute to the somber mood of the image.