Publisher/A. Nagel

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"Berlin - Wedding (First Edition)" is a collection of works by Michael Schmidt, one of Germany's leading postwar photographers. While based on the hard-edged landscapes of the Bechers and, more recently, Andreas Gursky, Schmidt also incorporates documentary elements of Walker Evans and other photographers, and even incorporates found photography for a more contemporary approach. Schmidt is a key figure in 20th-century German contemporary photography. Having long been based in Berlin, his work is characterized by a combination of complex political and historical contexts, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and identity. This book is comprised of works documenting West Berlin's working-class district, "Wedding," in the late 1970s. His monochrome photographs capture everyday scenes and people, revealing the city's transformation and fragments of society. Schmidt states: "It was a completely conscious step to push photography into immeasurable grays, to make even black and white invisible... I realized that the world cannot be clearly defined, but is expressed in a variety of nuances." First published in 1978.