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A house, an entrance door, a woman who passes by or who asks me something.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs from this book were partly published in a book made in collaboration with Luigi Ghirri and edited by Guidi, \u003cem\u003eDue fotografi per il Teatro Bonci\u003c\/em\u003e (1983). The body of work continued with individual and collective projects, including the 1986 group exhibition Esplorazioni sulla Via Emilia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuido Guidi (b. 1941, Cesena, Italy) lives and works in Cesena. His work, spanning over more than 40 years, has focused on rural and suburban landscapes in Italy and Europe. Guidi’s photographs have been exhibited extensively, including at Fotomuseum Winterthur (2014); Venice Biennale (2004); Canadian Centre for Architecture (2001); Guggenheim Museum, New York (1994); and Centre Pompidou, Paris (1989), among other institutions. 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People of my generation fight against the void left behind the abandoned dogmas.” It is this world that Kollar turns to, one of aborted eternities and slackened certainties – to situations which reveal the disintegration of permanences, capturing their fall into the provisional. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartin Kollar was born in Zilina, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava and has been working as a freelance photographer and cinematographer since he graduated. 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Michael Schmidt produced some of the most significant bodies of photographs in the history of the medium and is renowned for his books, most notably, the projects\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaffenruhe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1987),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eU-NI-TY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1996),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerlin nach 45\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2005), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLebensmittel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012). His solo exhibitions include ‘Lebensmittel’ Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013 \/ Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck 2012 \/ Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen 2012; ‘Grey as Colour. Photographs until 2009’, Haus der Kunst, Munich (2010); ‘Frauen - EIN-HEIT - Menschenbilder’, at the Kunstverein in der Kunsthalle Dusseldorf (2000); and ‘U-NI-TY’, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1996). Recent group shows include ‘Consumption: the Fifth Prix Pictet Shortlist’, Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, London (2014) and ‘The Encyclopedic Palace’, 55th Biennale, Venice (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMit seiner Serie von Schwarzweiß-Bildern deutscher Landschaften, entstanden 1987 bis 1997, hat Michael Schmidt eine neue Bildsprache entworfen, die die sich ihm darbietende Welt dekonstruiert. Als Werke aus Licht und Form sind Schmidts Bilder durch eine Fülle an Silbertönen geprägt sowie einem Spektrum an Grautönen, deren Spiel aus Hell und Dunkel sich unmerklich und auf geradezu mystische Weise entwickelt. Durch den Einsatz von Filtern vermag Schmidt die Welt auch zu neutralisieren, wodurch er die subjektive Wahrnehmung des Betrachters erschwert. Über diesen Bearbeitungsgang, einen Prozess der Montage, erschafft Michael Schmidt ein ganz eigenes Idiom und mit der linearen Abfolge der Bilder im Buch eine in sich geschlossene Welt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Schmidt wurde 1945 in Berlin geboren. Er starb dort am 24. Mai 2014, wenige Tage nachdem NATUR gedruckt wurde. Mit seinen fotografischen Arbeiten hat Michael Schmidt einige der bedeutendsten Werke seines Mediums geschaffen. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Bücher, insbesondere „Waffenruhe“ (1987), „U-NI-TY“ (1996), „Berlin nach 45“ (2005) und „Lebensmittel“ (2012). Er hatte zahlreiche Einzelausstellungen, u.a. „Lebensmittel“ (Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013 \/ Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck 2012 \/ Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen 2012), „Grau als Farbe. Fotografien bis 2009“ (Haus der Kunst, München 2010), „Frauen – EIN-HEIT – Menschenbilder“ (Kunstverein in der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 2000) und „U-NI-TY“ im Museum of Modern Art, New York und im Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1996). Er nahm vielfach an Gruppenausstellungen teil, zuletzt „Consumption: the Fifth Prix Pictet Shortlist“, Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, London (2014) und „The Encyclopedic Palace“, 55. Biennale in Venedig (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeprägter Leineneinband\u003cbr\u003e104 Seiten, 63 Schwarzweiß-Tafeln\u003cbr\u003eJuni 2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MACK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15188986658880,"sku":"9781907946585","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/7439\/9040\/files\/Natur_Cover1.jpg?v=1733395769"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/7439\/9040\/collections\/cover90.jpg?v=1600708071","url":"https:\/\/mackbooks.co.uk\/collections\/out-of-print.oembed?page=6","provider":"MACK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}