Michael Schmidt (3) (1945–2014)

Published on the occasion of the 1996 exhibition Michael Schmidt: U-NI-TY at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (also traveled to the Sprengel Museum, Hannover and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden). Michael Schmidt is one of Germany's most contemporary photographers. This book is a collection of images, about half of which are Schmidt's own, and half of which are taken from newspapers and other documents. It is a visual investigation of Germany in the 20th century, from World War I to the re-unification, without text.… (more)