Travel Length
Images of cities are part of our memories. We recognize major cities such as Paris or New York immediately when we see them in pictures – even if we have not been there ourselves. What makes them so memorable? It seems, that globally known monuments such as the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building – photographed and reproduced in mass media countless times – has been burned into our collective visual memory.
Of course cities are much more than that – their individuality is made up of their inner contrasts, their representative, busy, often neglected parts. Whoever gets the chance to experience a place beyond the obligatory, touristic attractions might discover a more complex, maybe even contradictory image, characterized by personal impressions, at times vague and impossible to be clearly described by words or images.
Of course cities are much more than that – their individuality is made up of their inner contrasts, their representative, busy, often neglected parts. Whoever gets the chance to experience a place beyond the obligatory, touristic attractions might discover a more complex, maybe even contradictory image, characterized by personal impressions, at times vague and impossible to be clearly described by words or images.
In any case, our memories are most often inseparably linked to places – if only subliminal. This series of photographs tries to trace those memories – aside from the images that are worn out by their omnipresence. This attempt has to remain fragmental - actually the approach is similar to a random sampling. The book aims to show the subjectively experienced uniqueness of a place – as inadequate it may be. In a time in which conformity gets ever more important, that is not that simple. You`ll find images of unspectacular facades, backyards, public spaces, everyday street corners. Despite their ordinariness, these places unfold their own individual visual identity. As images in our memory, they compete for a permanent place in our visual recollection.
Original photographs are printed analogue on traditional gelatine silver fibre-based baryte paper.
Original photographs are printed analogue on traditional gelatine silver fibre-based baryte paper.
Title: Travel Length
Artist: Juergen Schmidt
ISBN: 978-3-00-055633-3
Type: Hardcover
72 pages
27 × 27 cm; 10,6 × 10,6 inches approx.
Edition size: 200 numbered copies
Type of printing: offset duotone
Price: 38 EUR + shipping
Travel Length is available at:
Bookstores:
Bücherbogen am Savignyplatz, Stadtbahnbogen 593, 10623 Berlin
Büchers Best, Luisenstraße 37, 01099 Dresden
Libraries:
Kunstbibliothek, Berlin
Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD)
Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden
Fotohof/Bibliothek, Salzburg
Galerie Ostlicht/Bibliothek, Wien
Artist: Juergen Schmidt
ISBN: 978-3-00-055633-3
Type: Hardcover
72 pages
27 × 27 cm; 10,6 × 10,6 inches approx.
Edition size: 200 numbered copies
Type of printing: offset duotone
Price: 38 EUR + shipping
Travel Length is available at:
Bookstores:
Bücherbogen am Savignyplatz, Stadtbahnbogen 593, 10623 Berlin
Büchers Best, Luisenstraße 37, 01099 Dresden
Libraries:
Kunstbibliothek, Berlin
Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD)
Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden
Fotohof/Bibliothek, Salzburg
Galerie Ostlicht/Bibliothek, Wien
