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"Ilse BING, Grete STERN and Ellen AUERBACH - all born around 1900, of Jewish descent, studied in Germany, emigrated in the 1930s, each of them an extraordinary photographer.
In 1992, the Berlin documentary filmmaker Antonia LERCH visited the three artists in New York and Buenos Aires.
Three film portraits were made, "three real silent sensations" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
Antonia LERCH lets the photographers speak for themselves, gently, without commentary on the words and on-stage staging.
The result is direct, touching films in which the history of personality, contemporary history and history of photography flow harmoniously together. Reviving cultural witness of a past generation." (free translated publisher's note, © absolut, 2007)
In 1992, the Berlin documentary filmmaker Antonia LERCH visited the three artists in New York and Buenos Aires.
Three film portraits were made, "three real silent sensations" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
Antonia LERCH lets the photographers speak for themselves, gently, without commentary on the words and on-stage staging.
The result is direct, touching films in which the history of personality, contemporary history and history of photography flow harmoniously together. Reviving cultural witness of a past generation." (free translated publisher's note, © absolut, 2007)
- Format
- DVD (PAL, Dolby Mono), 168 min. with booklet, 4:3, German (partly English and Spanish)