VERY SCARCE OPPORTUNITY to purchase this VERY SOUGHT-AFTER AND VERY SCARCE PHOTOBOOK TITLE by famous East-German artist and photographer couple Ute and Werner Mahler - in BRANDNEW CONDITION + SIGNED. Strongly limited to 500 numbered copies only; here number 080/500. Purely signed by both (!) artists in the year of the publication (normally the title is NOT signed). I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURES AND I GUARANTEE THE FACT THAT THESE SIGNATURES ARE VINTAGE SIGNATURES. New, mint, unread; only opened once for signatures. COLLECTOR'S COPY. 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. Ute and Werner Mahler are amongst the most famous East German photographers. After Germany's reunification, they co-founded the photography agency "Ostkreuz" and the "Ostkreuz School of Photography". "For their project 'Monalisen of the suburbs' Ute and Werner Mahler photographed young women in transition, who are living between city and countryside, between being a child and being a woman. Thirty of these portraits have been selected for this book. To produce the bady of work, the Mahlers spent three years traveling across Europe, meeting their 'Mona Lisas' in Liverpool, Minsk, Florence, Reykjavik and Berlin. Going to the suburbs, they waited for girls that had something mysterious and timeless in their faces." (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 CHANCE! Brought to you exclusively by 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany. Meier und Muller, 2011. First edition, first printing. Hardcover (as issued) 240 x 315 mm. 96 pages. 41 black and white photos. Photos: Ute and Werner Mahler. Design: Blotto. Edited by Andres Marroquin Winkelmann and Dr. Jorg M. Colberg. Essay, text by architect and author Wolfgang Kil. Text in German. Great photobook in perfect condition - signed by both artists. COLLECTOR'S ITEM. "They portrayed them in their own surroundings, between buildings and meadows, with an equipment used mostly in old photo studios: a plate camera, a black cloth, a tripod and a stool with a head rest. The girls took a seat on this stool and hinted at a smile, just like the model in the famous Renaissance painting. The first 'Mona Lisas of the suburbs' were shown as part of the Ostkreuz exhibition 'The City, Becoming and Decaying'. For this work, Ute and Werner Mahler were awarded this year's 'Kunstpreis Fotografie' by Lotto Brandenburg for 'Mona Lisas'. The Mona Lisas are their first shared body of work." (from the publisher). "Werner Mahler was born in 1950 in Bossdorf, Saxony-Anhalt. He began his photographic career in 1971 as assistant to Ludwig Schirmer. In 1978 he completed his studies in photography at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. In his works of the 1970s and 1980s, he vividly documented life in the GDR, for example everyday life in a Thuringian village, work in a coal mine near Zwickau or the politically charged derbies between the football clubs FC Union and BFC Dynamo. After the fall of communism, Werner Mahler co-founded the agency 'Ostkreuz', of which he is still the managing director today. In 2005 he founded the 'Ostkreuzschule' for photography together with Thomas Sandberg. In his more recent works, he often uses historical cameras. With the camera obscura, he created dreamlike sequences of Swiss lakes, Brandenburg landscapes or Leonardi da Vinci's workplaces in northern Italy. Together with his wife Ute Mahler, he used an old plate camera to photograph girls in transition, between city and country, childhood and maturity." (from the publisher) "Ute Mahler, born 1949, and Werner Mahler, born 1950, together since 40 years, were among the foremost photographers in East Germany during the Communist era and continue today to bring their humanistic view of the world to bear on various compelling photo projects. Following reunification, they co-founded the photographers' agency 'Ostkreuz' and the Ostkreuzschule school for photography in Berlin. The Mahlers live and work in Hamburg and Berlin. Ute Mahler is a professor of photography at the HAW University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Their first joint exhibition features important series such as Berka, Die Abiturienten, Bergbau, and Der Verein by Werner Mahler and Zusammen Leben, Erotikprogramm in der DDR, Brüder und Schwestern, Bomber, and Ibrahim Böhme by Ute Mahler. Also on view are fashion shots by both Ute and Werner Mahler - for example, for the legendary magazine Sibylle. With 'Monalisen der Vorstädte' ('Monalisen of the Suburbs'), portraits of young women in five European cities, the two photographers are now presenting their first joint project." (from the publisher)