Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain
Sarah E. James
A groundbreaking examination of post-war photography in East and West Germany
This ambitious publication is the first book to thoroughly evaluate the photography that emerged during Germany’s geopolitical division from the 1950s to the 1980s. With richly illustrated and exhaustively researched analyses of photographic projects from East and West Germany, including exhibitions, photo-essays, private archives, and photo-books, Common Ground constructs a comparative perspective, examining how sequence, seriality, and repetition were mobilized to produce forms of solidarity and political agency.
Author Sarah James places German postwar photography in the context of Soviet, American, and European photographic developments; the specific cultural experiences of the ... Read more
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