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Schmidt, Michael
(1945-2014)Berlin-West

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 6.12.2023

"Berlin-West". 1982. Vintage large-format gelatin silver print. 54 x 67 cm (83 x 93 cm). Signed, titled, numbered and dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso, matted and framed in original artist's/museum frame for Folkwang Museum, Essen exhibition, photographer's copyright label on frame verso, therein titled, numbered 2/6 and dated by the photographer in ink.

Michael Schmidt embarked on his lifelong photographic journey at the young age of 20, becoming renowned for his contributions to socio-documentary photography in Germany, characterized by a sober and reality-based style. In 1976, Schmidt established the "Werkstatt für Photographie" in Kreuzberg, Berlin. His notable "Berlin series" showcases the city in an empty, transitional state, cementing his position as a key figure in the "New Topographic Movement" of German photography until his untimely death in 2014. – Light buckling, otherwise a fine tonal print in excellent condition.

Lit.: Michael Schmidt. Fotografien seit 1965. Folkwang Essen 1995, ill. front cover and pp. 112-113.