Text dt. - From the publisher: "Born in 1966, Laurenz Berges graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as master student with Bernd Becher in 1996. This is the first book of this young and promising artist. Working in the tradition of Walker Evans' social documentary photography, Laurenz Berges spent five years taking pictures in abandoned Russian barracks in the former GDR. One photograph from this series was recently shown in the New York Museum of Modern Art as part of the "Walker Evans & Company" exhibition. Foregoing any symbolism or visual convention, solely trusting in the 'designing' daylight. Berges searches in well-swept, scarcely furnished rooms for traces of those who left."
Text dt. - Limited slipcased edition of 50 hand-numbered copies (plate pasted-on front free endpaper notes edition number), with an original color C-print, 'Schönwalde, 1993,' image size 8 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (numbered and signed by Berges, print edition 50) in a separate cloth portfolio with window over photograph for presentation. Both the book and photograph (in cloth portfolio) fit inside the larger cloth slipcase. - From the publisher: "Born in 1966, Laurenz Berges graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as master student with Bernd Becher in 1996. This is the first book of this young and promising artist. Working in the tradition of Walker Evans' social documentary photography, Laurenz Berges spent five years taking pictures in abandoned Russian barracks in the former GDR. One photograph from this series was recently shown in the New York Museum of Modern Art as part of the "Walker Evans & Company" exhibition. Foregoing any symbolism or visual convention, solely trusting in the 'designing' daylight. Berges searches in well-swept, scarcely furnished rooms for traces of those who left."