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"The Leipzig-based photographer Hans-Christian Schink (*1961 in Erfurt) first gained notice for his series Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit, for which he spent seven years documenting new traffic-related constructions in eastern Germany. The images bear testimony to humankind's enormous i...
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Hatje Cantz,
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| Publisher Address: | Ostfildern, Germany : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
German English |
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| Summary: |
"The Leipzig-based photographer Hans-Christian Schink (*1961 in Erfurt) first gained notice for his series Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit, for which he spent seven years documenting new traffic-related constructions in eastern Germany. The images bear testimony to humankind's enormous intervention in the environment. This clash between civilization and nature is a recurrent theme in almost all of Schink's work: be it telephone cables that appear in an apparently virgin Vietnamese jungle, or utility poles and wires strung across Niigata's snowy landscape. Even if human beings, as the perpetrators of these interventions, are never directly seen in these photographs, the scars they have left behind make them ever-present. Yet Schink does not pass judgment: he simply documents the scenes from the perspective of a remote observer."--Publisher's website. |
| Item Description: | This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Hans-Christian Schink. Fotografien 1980 bis 2010' held at Neues Museum Weimar, April 8 - June 13, 2011 and MKM Museum K̈uppersm̈uhle f̈ur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, July 1 - October 3, 2011. |
| Carrier Form: | 173 pages (2 pages folded) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 x 34 cm |
| ISBN: |
9783775728263 3775728260 |
| Index Number: | TR647 |
| CLC: | J434(516) |
| Call Number: | WG/J434(516)/S336 |