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Claudia Fährenkemper ; edited by Christiane Stahl.

Description

Main Author

Fährenkemper, Claudia, 1959-

Related Names

Thomas, Ann.
Derenthal, Ludger.
Stahl, Christiane.
Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung (Berlin, Germany)

Language(s)

English

Published

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004.

Subjects

Fährenkemper, Claudia, > Fährenkemper, Claudia, / 1959- > Fährenkemper, Claudia, / 1959- / Exhibitions.
Seeds > Seeds / Art > Seeds / Art / Exhibitions.
Tadpoles > Tadpoles / Art > Tadpoles / Art / Exhibitions.
Photography of insects > Photography of insects / Exhibitions.
Photography > Photography / Germany > Photography / Germany / Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > Photography, Artistic / Exhibitions.
Scanning electron microscopy > Scanning electron microscopy / Exhibitions.
Photomicrography > Photomicrography / Exhibitions.

Note

Beetles' heads, plant seeds, and crystals -- images from a world that is invisible to the naked eye open a door to a new realm of visual experience. Fährenkemper's documentary, conceptual approach and her "magical realism" embody the photographic tradition of New Objectivity. Her real interest is not the object itself but its precise visual reproduction. The heightened, almost tactile presence of the surface texture achieved with the aid of a scanning electron microscope enables the viewer to experience the sensual qualities of organic or inorganic worlds and the sculptural dimensions of abstract pictorial spaces.
Contains articles by Ludger Derenthal, Director of the Museum für Fotografie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and Ann Thomas, Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Exhibition schedule: Alfred-Ehrhardt-Stiftung hosted by the Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, May 8 - June 12, 2004.

Physical Description

115 p. : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.

ISBN

3775714561

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