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Witwen = Widows

Title

Witwen = Widows / Claudia Reinhardt.

Author

Reinhardt, Claudia, 1964-

Publication

[Berlin] : The Green Box, [2020]
©2020

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Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 33 cm

Summary

I have always been fascinated by the dark bedrooms with their heavy oak matrimonial beds, the living rooms that were never used (at most when visitors from outside came), and the kitchens that had to be always spick and span and tidy. Symbols of a German childhood. Mirrors of a war generation that will soon no longer exist. For several years I visited more than thirty widows and photographed in their apartments. In my native town of Viernheim in southern Hesse, in Berlin, Hamburg, in the Ruhrpott and in Norway. I worked with a medium format camera, a cumbersome technique that gave me time and required a lot of patience.00I didn?t want to photograph the faces of the women, but rather in their apartments, to trace their inner state of mind. I found metaphors for their sadness, their melancholy and secretiveness. A difficult task, because for these women, home is not something to be shown and exhibited. Privacy is sacred to them. I was tempted by this challenge. This is exactly the essence of my photography. To gain access and insight. To tell hidden stories with pictures." (Claudia Reinhardt, April 2020).

Uniform Title

Photographs. Selections

Alternative Title

Photographs.
Widows

Subject

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Language (note)

Texts in German and English.

Call Number

JQG 22-331

ISBN

9783962160050
3962160051

OCLC

1159847080

Author

Reinhardt, Claudia, 1964- author, photographer.

Title

Witwen = Widows / Claudia Reinhardt.

Publisher

[Berlin] : The Green Box, [2020]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Texts in German and English.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Reinhardt, Claudia, 1964- Witwen.

Reinhardt, Claudia, 1964- Witwen. English.

Research Call Number

JQG 22-331

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