Arwed Messmer - Reenactment MfS austrian photography

Arwed Messmer - Reenactment MfS austrian photographyHatje Cantz 2014 An unusual body of evidence, an artistic perspective on the legacy of East Germany's secret police In the archives of East Germany's Stasi secret police, officially named the Ministry for State Security, there are countless photographs of failed escape attempts at the Berlin Wall. In this visual collage, Arwed Messmer (* 1964) presents a selection of these photos and further images of official evidence from the holdings of The Agency

Broomberg and Chanarin worked with contact sheets documenting the Troubles in Northern Ireland

prioritising the experience of the interior home over its outward-facing appearance

and intimacy

Eikoh Hosoe has been at the forefront of photographic practice in Japan: as an image-maker encompassing a broad range of subjects

ISBN: 978-1-59005-616-5

Steidl 2017

in order to measure the distance their bodies have traveled’

In the following years

like the reflection shimmering in Narcissus’s pool

Her images impose a sense of discomfort

Trolley Books 2003

It’s still early enough that I can open the windows in my room