Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler: Light and Shadow, Photographs from 1920 to 1950 - Couverture rigide

Koetzle, Hans-Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3868288813 ISBN 13 : 9783868288810

Editeur : Kehrer Verlag, 2018

Synopsis

Cette première publication complète sur le Dr. Paul Wolff (1887-1951) et Alfred Tritschler (1905-1970) marque la redécouverte de deux des plus célèbres photographes allemands de la période des années 1930. À ce jour, Wolff & Tritschler sont des noms connus en tant que pionniers du Leica, précurseurs d’un style vivant dans la photographie d’illustration et le reportage. De plus, leur travail, estimé à 700 000 coups, reflète plusieurs chapitres de l’histoire allemande: de l’éveil culturel des années de la République de Weimar à la Seconde Guerre mondiale en passant par le Troisième Reich. phase finale dont des parties importantes des archives Wolff ont également été détruites. En termes d’esthétique formelle, les deux photographes ont démontré qu’il y avait un écart entre convention et nouvelle objectivité, entre style national et nouvelle vision. Wolff & Tritschler n’a pratiquement pas abordé de sujet. Leur travail photographique façonne notre notion du vieux ou du «nouveau Francfort», tout autant qu’il suscite notre envie de contrées lointaines, comme en témoignent leurs voyages en voiture, en bateau ou en avion sur le Zeppelin. En résumé, les contradictions qui caractérisent les travaux de Wolff & Tritschler au cours des trois dernières décennies ne manquent pas. Cependant, cela fait précisément de leur œuvre, qui oscille entre prestation de services et aspiration artistique, entre avant-garde et adaptation, un filon riche pour un large examen historique et critique. «Par chance, j’ai remporté un prix Leica à l’exposition photographique de Francfort-sur-le-Main et, depuis lors, tout mon intérêt concerne la grande vie, l’étendue illimitée du monde, tout ce que l’appareil photo compact est appelé à capturer.« Dr. Paul Wolff

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Though Paul Wolff formally studied medicine and became a physician, the French government that controlled Strasbourg after World War I restricted him from practicing. As a result, he turned to photography, an interest that had begun in his teenage years. Wolff had published his first portfolio, which contained romantic views of his hometown, in 1914. After the war he first worked as a camera operator, then as a free-lance photographer. In 1924 he co-founded the successful firm Wolff & Tritschler with his partner Alfred Tritschler. Wolff won a Leica camera at the Frankfurt Photography Exhibition, which he then used to illustrate several books he wrote to popularize techniques using the small-format instrument. Not one to limit his subject matter, Wolff made portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. He continued to photograph and to publish books on his use of the Leica camera until his death.

Hans-Michael Koetzle is a Munich-based freelance author and journalist, focusing mainly on history and the aesthetics of photography. He has published numerous books on photography, including Die Zeitschrift twen (1995), Photo Icons (2001), Das Lexikon der Fotografen (2002), René Burri (2004), Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography (2015).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This first comprehensive publication on Dr. Paul Wolff (1887–1951) and Alfred Tritschler (1905–1970) marks the rediscovery of two of the most famous German photographers of the period circa 1930.

To this day, Wolff & Tritschler are familiar names as pioneers of the Leica, as forerunners of a lively style in illustrative photography and reportage. Besides that, their work, estimated to stand at 700,000 shots, reflects several chapters of German history at a stroke: from the cultural awakening during the years of the Weimar Republic, through the Third Reich, and on to the Second World War, in the end phase of which significant portions of the Wolff archive were also destroyed. In terms of formal aesthetics, the two photographers demonstrated a range between convention and New Objectivity, between homeland style and New Vision. There was virtually no topic that Wolff & Tritschler failed to cover. Their photographic work shapes our notion of the old or »New Frankfurt« just as much as it stirs our longing for faraway places, as evoked by their shots from journeys by car or ship or flights on the Zeppelin. In sum, no small number of contradictions characterize the work of Wolff & Tritschler over three decades. However, precisely that makes their oeuvre, which oscillates between service provision and artistic aspiration, between avant-garde and adaptation, a rich seam for a broad-based historical and critical examination.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kehrer Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3868288813
• ISBN 13: 9783868288810
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible