Michael Schmidt - Natur - 2014

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GREAT BOOK by legendary German photographer Michael Schmidt - showing his "Nature" photos.

"In a series of black and white images of the German landscape made between 1987 and 1997, Michael Schmidt has forged a new pictorial language to deconstruct the world he observes. Concerned with light and form, Schmidt`s images contain a wealth of silver tones, a spectrum of rich greys which evolve from light to dark in mystical, imperceptible gradients. But the black and white filter is also a tool that allows Schmidt to neutralise the world, impeding the subjective perception of his viewer. It is through his editorial process, a process of montage, that Schmidt constructs an interior dialect, fashioning a self-contained world within the linear sequence of the book."
(from the publisher)

EXCELLENT, VERY FRESH CONDITION.

Michael Schmidt became famous 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

"Michael Schmidt was born in 1945 in Berlin. He passed away in Berlin on 24 May, 2014, a few days after the printing of "Natur". Michael Schmidt produced some of the most significant bodies of photographs in the history of the medium and is renowned for his books, most notably, the projects 'Waffenruhe' (1987), 'U-NI-TY' (1996), 'Berlin nach 45' (2005) and 'Lebensmittel' (2012)."
(from the publisher)

Mack Books, London. 2014. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover (as issued). 179 x 239 mm. 104 pages. 45 black and white photos. Photos: Michael Schmidt. Afterword by Michael Schmidt in German.

Condition:
Inside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no previous owner marks and with no foxing. Outside very fresh; very light trace of use. Overall very fine condition.

Michael Schmidt, born 1945, was the first german photographer who got a solo exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art/New York ("U-ni-ty", 1996).