THIS IS THE VERY FIRST PHOTOBOOK AUCTION ON CATAWIKI - dedicated entirely to the world of the former "DDR"/"GDR" ("GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC" or "EAST GERMANY") which existed from 1949 to 1990. Still largely undiscovered and unexplored, this field offers a wealth of fascinating discoveries for collectors. 5Uhr30.com presents exceptional works by renowned and emerging artists, survey works, compelling monographs, as well as extraordinarily rare small vintage catalogues, vintage children’s books and vintage factory photobooks; signed publications, posters, and much more. FANTASTIC, ENLARGED EDITION of the book "Menschen in der Stadt" ("People in the city") by Roger and Renate Rössing which was published in 2006 by the same publisher (Lehmstedt, Leipzig), the publisher which is responsible for so many great publications about East German photography. Roger Rössing (1929–2006) and Renate Rössing (1929-2005) were a famous East German artist and photographer couple who realised many of their projects together. "When the photo book People in the City by Roger and Renate Rössing was published in the spring of 2006, it effectively became the artistic testament of the two master photographers from Leipzig - a declaration of love for their city, Leipzig. Now, after having been out of print for many years, the volume is finally available again in an expanded new edition, enriched with many wonderful new photographs, superbly printed in duotone and featuring a foreword by the critic Rolf Richter. No one has accompanied Leipzig and its inhabitants with a camera as intensively and over such a long period of time as the Rössings. The “major events” were never the focus of their interest. Instead, they photographed people in their everyday lives - on the streets and squares, in parks and by the lakes. In this way, an extraordinary chronicle of the city as a place of life emerged, a poetic portrait of its residents." (from the publisher) Like always we guarantee detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance, and of course, combined shipping - worldwide. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISS THIS UNIQUE AUCTION. Brought to you exclusively by 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany. Lehmstedt, Leipzig. 2013. First edition, first printing., Hardcover with dustjacket. 245 x 275 mm. 168 pages. Photos: Roger and Renate Rössing. Edited by Mathias Bertram and Mark Lehmstedt. Layout: Mathias Bertram, Berlin. Printing: Westermann Druck, Zwickau. Foreword: Rolf Richter. Text in German. Condition: Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks and with no foxing. Dustjacket fresh and complete with no tears, with no taped tears and with no missing parts; sensitive black rear side with some scratches. Overall fine condition. Great photobook about Leipzig - by East German photography couple Roger and Renate Rössing. "Roger Rössing was a German photographer, author, and publicist. He was among the most well-known photographers of the GDR. From 1948 to 1951, Rössing studied photography under Johannes Widmann at the Academy of Visual Arts and Book Design Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig). Together with his wife Renate Rössing, he was part of the Leipzig group “action fotografie” in the 1950s. The couple published around 90 books. In 1988, both were awarded the Art Prize of the City of Leipzig, and from 1990 onward they were honorary members of the German Society for Photography (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie) in Cologne. Rössing was also active as a publicist and author beyond photographic literature. In the couple’s final book, published in April 2006, they recorded their observations of Leipzig over the course of five decades. The Rössing Foundation is named after the couple and supports authors and photographers. Each year, the foundation awards the Rössing Prize, endowed with €3,000, to graduating students of the photography program at the Academy of Visual Arts and Book Design Leipzig. The photographic estate of Roger and Renate Rössing was donated to the German Phototheque (Deutsche Fotothek). A project funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) made its documentation possible." (Wikipedia) "Renate Rössing (1929-2005) was a German photographer. Her career continued beyond the changes of 1989/90. Prior to that, as an East German citizen, she enjoyed privileges which enabled her to travel abroad. She is nevertheless best known for pictures taken in and around her home cities of Leipzig and Dresden during the 1950s and 1960s. Her work embraced photojournalism, portraiture and landscapes. For historians, some of her most interesting pictures deal with daily life during the years of postwar reconstruction in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). In the late 1940s Renate Winkler teamed up with fellow photography student Roger Rössing. After this they worked closely together: authorship of their pictures was attributed to "Rössing-Winkler" or, following their marriage in 1951, simply to "Rössing". In most cases it therefore becomes impossible to know which of them was holding the camera for any individual picture. Rolf Richter, a journalist who was also a close friend of the couple, recalls that Renate was often the more adventurous of the two when it came to selecting locations. She would crawl to the edge of flat roofs on tall buildings in order to capture a more striking panorama. It was also generally Renate who took responsibility for image composition and for the placement of image and text. Renate Winkler was born and grew up in Dresden. Willy Rössing, her father, died young in 1934, the year of her fifth birthday. On the night of 13 February 1945 the family home was completely destroyed by British and American bombing. Renate survived, buried for several days under the rubble: Margarete Winkler, her mother, died. For the rest of her life Renate's body carried the phosphorus scars from the skin burns she received that night. Following her rescue she got hold of an old basic camera from somewhere and set about photographing the bombscape that had been Dresden. Although her work was not overtly political, it was never any secret that throughout her adult life Renate Rössing-Winkler was a committed pacifist. She applied to study at the Film Academy in Potsdam in order to study for a career as a documentary film maker but was informed that the class was already full. She had more success with the Academy for Book and Graphic Artistry ("Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst") in Leipzig, however. She enrolled to study photography in 1948.[6] Student contemporaries included the man who later became the academy's long-standing director, Bernhard Heisig, the sculptor and graphic-artist Wolfgang Mattheuer, the painter Werner Tübke and Günter Rössler, who would later gain fame (or notoriety) for his pioneering work in nude art photography.[4] The focus of her course was on advertising and reportage. Her photography tutor was Johannes Widmann, who found her hugely talented, but very shy and withdrawn. He asked another of his students, Roger Rössing, to look after her. Shortly afterwards they set up home together in a couple of rented rooms at Leipzig-Stötteritz on the southern edge of the city. They lived at the same address till Renate Rössing's death in 2005, although during that time some rooms were added.[4] They had married in 1951.[6] After two or three years she lost her student funding because, it was said, she had failed to fulfill her social obligations (...wegen "Nichterfüllung der gesellschaftlichen Pflichten"): in 1951 she was obliged to quit her course. Roger Rössing showed solidarity by leaving the academy at the same time. As students and directly after abandoning their courses the Rössings supported themselves primarily through photo-journalism in and around Leipzig. As matters turned out, their shared artistry ensured that they would be able to pursue a long and successful freelance career in photography despite the evident setback of their shortened student careers. The Rössings' active career ran for approximately 55 years, most prolifically in Leipzig itself, and in Dresden, but also of cities, landscapes and people in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. In addition, there was at least one working visit each to North Africa and Central Asia. Although they started out as photo-journalists, supplying newspapers and magazines, over time there was an increasing emphasis of publishing books containing photographs of people, scenes and places. There are suggestions that in the end approximately 90 volumes were published: the Rössing Foundation website makes mention of "over 100 books and written works in which it is pointless to [try and] separate out the contributions of Renate and Roger". (Wikipedia)