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Michael Schmidt is one of Germany's most famous post-war photographers. In his out-of-print artist's book "Ein-heit", he traces the universal iconography of political systems and the images of humankind they project. Addressing the complex relationship between the individual and the state, he asks how we can resist the loss of individuality inherent in systems of mass control. In his uncompromising view of reality, Michael Schmidt mixes photographs of already published photographs with those of his own making to the point where reality and imagination merge, creating a densely woven structure of associations and emotions. The second, actual edition of this artist's book meets the first edition from 1996. Der Berliner Fotograf Michael Schmidt zählt zu den bedeutendsten Fotografen der deutschen Nachkriegsfotografie. In seinem seit langem vergriffenen Künstlerbuch "Ein-heit" beschäftigt sich Schmidt mit der universalen Zeichenhaftigkeit politischer Systeme und mit deren Bild vom Menschen. Auf der Grundlage einer künstlerischen Untersuchung zur komplexen Beziehung zwischen Einzelnem und Staat, fragt Schmidt wie einem diesen Systemen eingeschriebener Verlust an Individualität Widerstand geboten werden kann. Dabei verbindet er in seiner kompromisslosen Sicht auf die Realität Fotografien bereits medial vermittelter Fotografien mit eigenen fotografischen Aufnahmen. Wirklichkeit und Vorstellung verbinden sich, bis ein dichtes Geflecht von Assoziationen und Gefühlen entsteht. Die zweite, aktuelle Auflage des Künstlerbuchs entspricht der Erstauflage von 1996.

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In Waffenruhe Michael Schmidt brings together surprising combinations of images to express a generations dystopian sense of life shortly before the fall of the Wall. Schmidt evokes a world of ruptures and absences that eschews a confident, comprehensive point of view. The images work with Schleefs text to create a brusque, entirely individual perspective on the fragility of human existence.

One cannot escape that in the divided city, even if one tries to ignore it. And it absolutely pervades the sense of Michael Schmidts book. The works very title, Waffenruhe ceasefire, or literally, fighting peace implies an uneasy dichotomy, an unreal state of temporal stasis. And which sums up the sense of crazy unreality which characterises Berlin. The city is a living museum of 20th-century history. It is a memorial, an island stopped in time while the rest of the world moves on still occupied by foreign troops, still ostensibly on a war footing. Despite the modernist architecture, the forced gaiety, the punks, and the vibrant art scene, the city remains locked in 1945. Gerry Badger

Photography --- artistieke fotografie --- Schmidt, Michael --- Berlin