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Michael Schmidt Photographs 1965-2014
978-3960988144
New
.PLEASE NOTE: The double-spreads of the book visible here are of the French edition, but we are offering here only the ENGLISH / GERMAN VERSION of this photobook (sold out by the publisher).
Presentation by Koenig Books:
" This catalogue of the retrospective exhibition of the Berlin based photographer Michael Schmidt presents the development of the artistic process of his work. The groups of works are represented by a selection of works.
Numerous images of working material as work prints or book dummies as well as archival material as invitation cards, posters and exhibition views give further information about the work of Michael Schmidt on his book- and exhibition projects.
The essays of Ute Eskildsen, Janos Frecot, Peter Galassi, Heinz Liesbrock and Thomas Weski are texts of curators, who worked closely with the artist on various projects during his lifetime. This book is the first survey publication which shows the complete work of Michael Schmidt. "
.PLEASE NOTE: The double-spreads of the book visible here are of the French edition, but we are offering here only the ENGLISH / GERMAN VERSION of this photobook (sold out by the publisher).
400 pages - Hardcover
Koenig Books (Walther König), 2020
Format : 24 x 29.6 cm
New - Mint condition
This book is no longer in stock
Schmidt, Michael
Michael Schmidt was a German photographer (1945-2014) who's work revolved mainly around the city of Berlin and German identity. He was part of the Düsseldorf School of Photography. He was also a photography teacher in Berlin. His book "Waffenruhe", initially published by Nishen Verlag in 1987 is considered one of the most important books about Germany, and of German photography; it is included in the Martin Parr & Gerry Badger "The Photobook: A History - Vol. 1". In 2014, he is awarded the Prix Pictet. For the 75th anniversary of his birth in 2020, an important retrospective exhibition of his work is organized and travels to Jeu de Paume in Paris, to Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart in Berlin, to Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid an to the Albertina in Vienna. On this occasion the large retrospective photobook "Michael Schmidt Photographs 1965-2014" is published by Koenig Books. © Portrait by Maurizio Gambarini / Picture Alliance.Back in stock. Presentation by Mack: "In a series of black and white images of the German landscape made between 1987 and 1997, Michael Schmidt has forged a new pictorial language to deconstruct the world he observes. Concerned with light and form, Schmidt’s images contain a wealth of silver tones, a spectrum of rich greys which evolve from light to dark...
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