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Waffenruhe
- Title
- Waffenruhe / Michael Schmidt, Einar Schleef ; translators, Susan Gillespie, Sylee Gore.
- Author
- Schmidt, Michael, 1945-2014
- Publication
- London : Koenig Books, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQG 19-207 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, portraits; 30 cm +
- Summary
- In contrast to the consciously sober - but far from clinical images of his earlier series, Schmidt uses atmosphere-laden details with high-contrast black-and-white images of cityscapes, details in nature, and portraits in 'Waffenruhe' to create a subjective, leaden picture of a still-divided city. He no longer deploys the techniques of pure documentation, but brings together surprising combinations of images to express a generation's dystopian sense of life shortly before the fall of the Wall. Schmidt evokes a world of ruptures and absences that eschews a confident, comprehensive point of view. The images work with Schleef's text to create a brusque, entirely individual perspective on the fragility of human existence. The first edition, published in 1987 by the Berlin-based Dirk Nishen Verlag quickly sold out and continues to fetch high prices on the antiquarian book market. Thirty years later, 'Waffenruhe' is now being reprinted.
- Uniform Title
- Waffenruhe. English
- Alternative Title
- Waffenruhe.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- "The first edition was published by the phographic collection of the Berlinische Galerie in collaboration with Dirk Nishen Verlag in 1987"--Colophon.
- Text of supplementary sheet written by Thomas Weski.
- Call Number
- JQG 19-207
- ISBN
- 9783960983026
- 3960983026
- OCLC
- 1019747086
- Author
- Schmidt, Michael, 1945-2014, photographer, author.
- Title
- Waffenruhe / Michael Schmidt, Einar Schleef ; translators, Susan Gillespie, Sylee Gore.
- Publisher
- London : Koenig Books, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Schleef, Einar, 1944-2001, author.Gillespie, Susan H., translator.Gore, Sylee, translator.Weski, Thomas, writer of supplementary textual content.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 19-207