Excellent book by ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GERMAN POST-PHOTOGRAPHERS. The publication is showing HIS MOST FAMOUS SERIES ("Germans"). COLLECTOR'S COPY with a VERY PERSONAL DEDICATION by the artist. Signed by Stefan Moses. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE, OF THE DEDICATION AND OF THE PERSONAL SMALL DRAWING. Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Stefan Moses (1928-2018) was a German photographer living in Munich. Born in Legnica, Province of Lower Silesia, Moses was forced to leave school in 1943 because of his Jewish heritage and survived a forced labour camp. After training as a photographer in Wrocław shortly after the end of World War II, he worked as a theatre photographer at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar. From 1950, he lived in Munich, where he first became known for his reportages for the Stern. His documentary portraits of people and professions in West Germany (Germans) and later in East Germany (Farewell and Beginnings) made him accessible to a large audience. Moses took people out of their working environment and photographed them in front of a grey linen cloth - thus creating contemporary documents. Stefan Moses also created portraits of numerous personalities such as Thomas Mann, Ilse Aichinger, Erich Kästner, Peggy Guggenheim, Theodor W. Adorno, Otto Dix, Max Frisch or Martin Mayer. An exhibition of his life's work has been on display in various European cities since 2003. In 2017, the grand seigneur of German portrait photography, bequeathed 158 large-format portraits of German emigrants to the Stiftung Exilmuseum Berlin. These were taken between 1947 and 2003. Stefan Moses was married to the artist Else Bechteler-Moses." (Wikipedia) Prestel Verlag, Munich. 1980. First edition, first printing. Paperback with flaps. 230 x 280 mm. 73 pages (19 pages with text, 60 pages with 60 photos). Photos (all in black and white): Stefan Moses. Introduction: Hans-Georg Puttnies. Text in German. Condition: Inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Outside with light trace of use; lightly sunned at the edges. Overall fine condition. Great photobook - signed, dated, located by the artist + personal drawing. COLLECTOR'S ITEM.