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Winner of the 2013 German Photo Book Award in the category of History of Photography/Photography Theory
This two-volume work presents German-language photo books of the interwar period in all their diversity. It documents photo books in the state of preservation in which they were published, in their various equipment and editions.
The focus on the German-speaking world and the period from 1918 to 1945 highlights the international significance of the production and publishing of this cultural region and era in the history of the photo book. More than seventy essays by experts explore the characteristics of photo books, their printing, their marketing, and their importance to the history of the photo book. Selected publishers and representative book series are presented.
Essays provide in-depth analyses of the publications of photographers such as Karl Blossfeldt, Heinrich Hauser, Heinrich Hoffmann, Emil Otto Hoppé, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Paul Wolff. Overview articles are devoted to architectural photography, propaganda works, photo-illustrated children’s books, photographic guides, film as a pictorial theme, and other special forms of the photo book.
Published by Steidl, 2012
516 pages
26.6 x 29 cm
ISBN: 978-3-86930-412-0
Winner of the 2013 German Photo Book Award in the category of History of Photography/Photography Theory
This two-volume work presents German-language photo books of the interwar period in all their diversity. It documents photo books in the state of preservation in which they were published, in their various equipment and editions.
The focus on the German-speaking world and the period from 1918 to 1945 highlights the international significance of the production and publishing of this cultural region and era in the history of the photo book. More than seventy essays by experts explore the characteristics of photo books, their printing, their marketing, and their importance to the history of the photo book. Selected publishers and representative book series are presented.
Essays provide in-depth analyses of the publications of photographers such as Karl Blossfeldt, Heinrich Hauser, Heinrich Hoffmann, Emil Otto Hoppé, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Paul Wolff. Overview articles are devoted to architectural photography, propaganda works, photo-illustrated children’s books, photographic guides, film as a pictorial theme, and other special forms of the photo book.
Published by Steidl, 2012
516 pages
26.6 x 29 cm
ISBN: 978-3-86930-412-0
