About The Book
Ulrich Wüst has been documenting the status and development of East German cities since the 1970s. His black-and-white photographs strike a careful balance between presumed objectivity and subtle irony, and they comment on the transformation of cities and the lack of a societal vision in the GDR. Stadtbilder (Cityscapes), photographed by Wüst from 1979 to 1985, is considered as his most important body of work from that period.
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About The Artist
Ulrich Wüst (*1949) studied at the university for architecture and civil engineering in Weimar. Up until 1977, he first worked as a city planner and then as a picture editor. Since 1983, he has been working as a freelance photographer. In the middle of the 1980s, he was considered to be one of the most important photographers in the GDR. He lives and works in Berlin and Mecklenburg.
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Specifics
Stadtbilder (Cityscapes) 1979–1985 by Ulrich Wüst published by Hartmann Books November 2021 | Design: Lamm&Kirch, Florian Lamm, Berlin | Text by Matthias Flügge, Interview by Katia Reich with Ulrich Wüst | Hardcover with french-fold dust jacket | 20 x 26 cm | 160 pages with 105 illustrations | German/English. Link.
