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Schmidt, Michael
(1945-2014)Berlin Wedding (Adolf-./Ecke Gerichtstraße)

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Berlin Wedding (Adolf-/Ecke Gerichtstraße). 1976/77. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 20,5 x 28 cm (23,8 x 30,3 cm). Signed, titled, dated and copyrighted by the photographer in pencil on the verso. Matted and in original artist's frame, photographer's copyright label on frame verso, therein titled and noted "Vintage v. 77 " by the photographer ink.

Michael Schmidt embarked on his lifelong photographic journey at the young age of 20. He is 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 depicts the city in an empty, transitional state and cemented his position as a key figure in the "New Topographic Movement" of German photography until his untimely death in 2014. – Minimal buckling in upper/lower edges, corners slightly bumped, minimal handling mark in upper margin, otherwise a fine tonal print in near excellent condition.

Lit.: Michael Schmidt. Fotografien seit 1965. Folkwang Essen 1995, ill. p. 161.