About The Book
During the turbulent days of the most unexpected events in recent German history, countless people took photographs. But Barbara Klemm took the pictures that have remained in the collective memory: Gorbachev approaching people on the roadside on the 40th anniversary of the GDR and uttering his famous statement about being too late; Willy Brandt crossing the open border on Invalidenstraße; Helmut Kohl speaking in Dresden in front of an aggressive-looking crowd waving flags; Bärbel Bohley looking pensive with a cigarette, behind her Gregor Gysi and Heiner Müller; the podium at the reunification celebration in a moment that characterizes all the protagonists. Publisher’s Info
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About The Artist
Barbara Klemm is considered one of the most important contemporary German photographers. She was born in Münster, Westphalia, in 1939 and grew up in Karlsruhe. She has worked for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 1959, and since 1970 as an editorial photographer specializing in politics and the arts. Her work has been honored with numerous awards, including the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize from the German Society for Photography (1989). Barbara Klemm is the only woman to date to have been awarded the Leica Hall of Fame Award (2012). She has been a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts since 1992 and was elected to the Pour le Mérite order in 2010. Barbara Klemm lives in Frankfurt am Main.
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Specifics
Barbara Klemm: Fall of the Wall, 1989 (Nimbus, 2011) | Essays by Volker Rattemeyer und Martina Ehrich | German and English | 96 pages | 29 x 24 cm.
Source: https://archive.org/details/barbaraklemmfall0000klem.
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