Aperture 123 - Spring 1991

Between Past and Future: New German Photography

Now that the giddy celebrations that marked reunification have ended, Germany finds itself still confronted by unresolved questions of its past and its hopeful but uncertain future. “Between Past and Future: New German Photography” examines the state of Germany today, as well as the tremendously varied photography being produced there.

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Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 96
Publication date: 1991-08-01
Measurements: 9.7 x 11.4 x 0.3 inches
ISBN: 9780893814496


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Between Past and Future: New German Photography

Reclaiming a Legacy
By Klaus Honnef
Photographs by Otto Steinert, UMBO, Hannah Höch, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Friedrich Seidenstücker, August Sander, and Robert Häusser

Another German Autumn
By Ulf Erdmann Ziegler
Photographs by Roger Melis, Ellerbrock & Schafft, Wolfgang Zurborn, Angela Neuke, Siegfried Himmer, Michael Engler, Stefan Moses, Axel Grünewald, Martin Langer, Hermine Oberück, Robert Lebeck, André Gelpke, Herlinde Koelbl, and Dirk Reinartz

A View From the Temple: The Photographs of Herbert List
BY Max Scheler

East Side, West Side: Berlin on the Brink
By Dieter Hildebrandt
Photographs by Volker Hinz, Ulrich Görlich, Gosbert Adler, Caroline Dlugos, Angela Neuke, Gundula Schulze, and Gerhard Ullmann

Another Country: Inside East Germany
By Christoph Tannert
Photographs by Ute Mahler, Sybille Bergemann, Stefan Nestler, Helga Paris, Erasmus Schröter, Evelyn Richter, Jens Rötzsch, and Ursula Arnold

Memory’s Quest
By Martin Walser
Photographs by Hilmar Pabel, Clemens Mitscher, Markus Hawlik, and Elfi Fröhlich

The Mask of Opticality
By Enno Kaufhold
Photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bernhard Prinz, Thomas Ruff, Axel Hütte, Andreas Gursky, Günther Förg, and Thomas Struth

Metaphysicians of Dionysus
By Wilfried Wiegand
Photographs by Dieter Appelt, Ulrich Lindner, Gerd Bonfert, Floris Neusüss, Ulrich Tillmann, Silke Grossmann, Dörte Eissfeldt, Walter Dahn, Astrid Klein, Pidder Auberger, Johannes Brus, Bernhard and Anna Blume, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Florschuetz, Jaschi Klein, Carmen Oberst, and Anselm Kiefer

People and Ideas
Point of View: A Photo Map of Germany, by Thomas Weski
From the End of the World to Smack Dab in the Middle: An Interview with Wim Wenders, by Charles Hagen

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