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"Im Mondschein – Fotografien aus der DDR" is a collection of works by German photographer Erasmus Schroeter (1956-). Schroeter, who studied photography in Leipzig, East Germany, is one of the leading figures of the young East German photographer generation that emerged in the 1970s and 80s. At the time, East German photography was dominated by a tradition of humanistic documentary and social observation, but Schroeter introduced theatricality and experimentation, opening up new possibilities in photographic expression. Even after moving to West Germany in 1985, he continued to produce works that questioned the relationship between war, surveillance society, politics, and images, and in recent years he has been re-evaluated as an indispensable artist when discussing the history of Eastern European photography. This book is a collection of works taken between 1979 and 1985, before his move, and is an important photo collection that captures everyday scenes of the former East Germany, a nation that has ceased to exist, from an insider's perspective. The subjects of the photographs are seemingly ordinary scenes: people standing at a bus stop at night, men and women enjoying ballroom dancing, young people gathered at amusement parks and lakesides. However, artificial lighting and flashes make the figures stand out as if they were characters on a stage. Furthermore, the book includes fantastical nightscapes taken using infrared light, blurring the boundaries between record and performance, reality and fantasy. This book can be read not only as a document that tells the story of the system and history, but also as a work that reflects people's loneliness, desires, and humble hopes.