European Portrait Photography

by Frits Gierstberg

Till-Holger Bolchert

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The 1990s saw a resurgence of the portrait genre of photography, especially in Europe, where the collapse of communism and the solidification of the European Union raised enormously important questions about national identity and shared historical and cultural values. This volume delves into this important development, featuring full-page reproductions of work by Rineke Dijkstra, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Ruff, Nikos Markou, Anders Petersen, Clare Strand, and others from dozens of countries around the continent. Taken as a whole, these portraits comprise a new genre - one that represented a break from postmodernist strategies and which allowed for experimentation and the exchange of ideas.
  • ISBN13 9783791349275
  • Publish Date 24 February 2015
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 July 2021
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Prestel
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English