VERY BEAUTIFUL book by Fred Herzog, famous for his brilliant color photographer - here showing his best black and white photos. New, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's plastic foil. COLLECTOR'S COPY. Welcome to the next edition of the VERY POPULAR SINGLE-SELLER-AUCTIONS by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). This time with a BEST-OF-SELECTION from 1926 to 2026, so of the last 100 (!) years of photobook history. "The city Fred Herzog documented over more than half a century has vanished - an early kind of urban flaneur, Herzog wandered the streets of Vancouver, creating an archive that encapsulates the essence of a bygone era. Considered today as one of the most important street photographers of the 20th century, he changed the international conversation about early color photography. However, it was only in the late 1950s that he decided to primarily shoot with Kodachrome color slides. Fred Herzog: Black and White is the first acknowledgement of a lesser-known facet of the photographers’ work. Complementing the seminal Modern Color, it encompasses almost graphical urban scenes of shadow and light, alongside travel photographs and depictions of rural life. Evoking notions of melancholy, this book reveals that Herzog’s appeal lies in his ability to seize a condensation of a psychological state." (from the publisher) 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern. 2022. First edition, first printing. Hardcover (as issued). 234 x 232 mm. 128 pages. 68 illustrations. Black and white photos by Fred Herzog. Edited by: Andy Sylvester, Hannah Reinhart. Graphic Design: Julia Wagner, Grafikanstalt. Text: Geoff Dyer. Text in English. Great Fred Herzog title - in perfect condition. Fred Herzog (1930–2019) grew up in Stuttgart. In 1953 he settled in Vancouver, where he worked as a medical photographer. A pioneer of color photography, he was already in his 70s, when printing technology finally allowed him to recreate the texture and depth of his Kodachrome color slides. His first solo show at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2007, gained him widespread international recognition. "After emigrating to Canada in the 1950s, Fred Herzog, born 1930 in Bad Friedrichshall, devoted himself to a medium that was rather unusual at the time: color photography. In doing so, he broke through the established viewing habits and doctrines that primarily gave black and white photography the status of art. As a pioneer of color photography, he perfected the view for the supposedly irrelevant. His motifs are the streets of Vancouver, supermarkets, gas stations, bars, city scenes, landscapes and, again and again, the people around him - the ups and downs of the North American dream. He explores the potential of color photography as a medium of great objectivity as well as great artistry and shows with a critical eye the banal, the ephemeral and the seemingly insignificant. Above all, however, the color gives his photographs a unique mood and power and makes them appear authentic." (from the publisher)