Michael Schmidt - Berlin Kreuzberg (FIRST PRINTING) - 1973

SCARCE FIRST BOOK from 1973 (!) by German photographer MICHAEL SCHMIDT, famous for series like "Waffenruhe" ("Ceasefire") or "Einheit" ("U-ni-ty").

TRUE FIRST PRINTING; there was also a second printing of the same title one year later (1974).

FRESH CONDITION (much better than usual).

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Bezirksamt Kreuzberg, Berlin. 1973. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover (as issued). 212 x 205 mm. 102 pages. Black and white photos by Michael Schmidt. Layout: Michael Schmidt and Gunter Pilarski. Text in German.

Condition:
Inside and outside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing; excepted a few neat stains at the top edge; otherwise little, just normal trace of use with no remarkable defects, means: fresh and sharp corners (often bumped and rubbed) and means: the sensitive black rear side quite fresh (often heavily scratched). Overall fine, better than usual condition.

Very scarce first printing of the scarce first book by the well-known german photographer -
in fresh condition.

Michael Schmidt became famous through his Solo-Exhibition "Ein-heit" ("U-ni-ty") in the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA) and through "Waffenruhe":

- Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 2, page 65
- The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, page 336/337
- 802 photo books from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 673