Gunter Rossler, Gerd Rattei, Gunter Rinnhofer, Roger Rossing, ETC - Aktfotografie in der DDR - 2009

Christiane Damerau, Gunter Gueffroy, Wolfgang Hiob, Matthias Leupold, Gerd Rattei, Gunter Rinnhofer, Roger Rossing, Gunter Rossler, Angelika Schenke, Frank Schenke, Uwe SteinBruck, Alexander Stingl, Walter Streit, Nobert Vogel, Gerhard Weber, Rainer Weifsflog etc

In the gallery there are just a few pictures from inside the book.

This unique collection presents the diverse stylistic spectrum of nude photography in the GDR and brings together impressive works by well-known photographers. The graceful and simple photos show a self-confident femininity without posing and range from the harmonious staging of nudes and landscapes to puristic milieu shots. They are astonishing due to their natural, uninhibited body language and radiate a high level of aesthetic sensitivity.

This book is an excursion into nude photography during the GDR era, and you have to look at it that way. You will find women without makeup or silicone who show themselves to the viewer in a completely natural way.
You could say that it is spontaneous, without any preparation or styling. Nothing is staged in a provocative or suggestive way, nothing is retouched to the point of being overly perfect and unnatural - in fact, the pictures almost seem innocent. The models are not the object, but the subject of the pictures, with rough edges like everyone else has. And that is precisely where the charm of the book lies for me. If you want to take an authentic and relaxed look at nude photography, then you should take a look at this book.