josef chladek

on photobooks and books

Heinrich Riebesehl (Jörg Krichbaum) - Situationen und Objekte, W. Schulz-Verlag, 1978, Riesweiler

 

Softcover. Includes bibliography, list of exhibitions.

In the 1960s and 1970s, acclaimed American documentary photographers such as Robert Adams, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore or Walker Evans increasingly chose to capture motifs that at first glance seem insignificant or unspectacular. At around the same time, Heinrich Riebesehl was discovering comparable everyday scenes in Germany and photographing them in black-and-white taking a similar conceptual approach. He gained recognition in the late 1970s as one of the first German representatives of this kind of photography.

Before he discovered this objective, documentary style, Heinrich Riebesehl created a photo series entitled "Situationen und Objekte" (Situations and Objects) in the mid-1970s in which he blended reality with a touch of irony and magic. One picture taken in 1976 showing a combine harvester between two trees under a very white cloud is reminiscent of a surreal kind of performance. It is tempting to interpret the different elements in the image symbolically. But Riebesehl's photographs refuse to be defined in this way. (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation)

Pages: 136
Place: Riesweiler
Year: 1978
Publisher: W. Schulz-Verlag
Size: 24 x 28 cm (approx.)







 Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Cover)

Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Cover)

 Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Spine)

Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Spine)

 Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Back)

Heinrich Riebesehl - Situationen und Objekte (Back)




Sample page 1 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 1 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 2 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 2 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 3 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 3 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 4 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 4 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 5 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 5 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 6 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 6 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 7 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 7 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 8 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 8 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 9 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 9 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 10 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 10 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 11 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 11 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 12 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 12 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 13 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 13 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 14 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 14 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 15 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 15 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 16 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 16 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 17 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 17 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 18 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 18 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 19 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 19 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 20 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 20 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 21 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 21 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 22 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 22 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 23 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 23 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Sample page 24 for book  Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte

Sample page 24 for book " Heinrich Riebesehl – Situationen und Objekte", josefchladek.com

Other books by Heinrich Riebesehl (see all)
Other books tagged Germany (see all)
Other books tagged Black & White (see all)


 

Softcover. Includes bibliography, list of exhibitions.

In the 1960s and 1970s, acclaimed American documentary photographers such as Robert Adams, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore or Walker Evans increasingly chose to capture motifs that at first glance seem insignificant or unspectacular. At around the same time, Heinrich Riebesehl was discovering comparable everyday scenes in Germany and photographing them in black-and-white taking a similar conceptual approach. He gained recognition in the late 1970s as one of the first German representatives of this kind of photography.

Before he discovered this objective, documentary style, Heinrich Riebesehl created a photo series entitled "Situationen und Objekte" (Situations and Objects) in the mid-1970s in which he blended reality with a touch of irony and magic. One picture taken in 1976 showing a combine harvester between two trees under a very white cloud is reminiscent of a surreal kind of performance. It is tempting to interpret the different elements in the image symbolically. But Riebesehl's photographs refuse to be defined in this way. (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation)

Pages: 136
Place: Riesweiler
Year: 1978
Publisher: W. Schulz-Verlag
Size: 24 x 28 cm (approx.)