Category COLOGNE

Cologne is not famous for Footfachmesse 'Photokina', brought to life by Fritz Gruber. Before the then Cologne Werkschule was wound up, photography was also taught in Cologne with high standards. Today, Cologne is home to the prestigious Hunsthochschule für Medien, or KHM for short, with an extremely well-stocked photobook library, which still offers the study of artistic photography in the degree program 'Mediale Künste'.

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In the category simply labeled 'COLOGNE' you will find photo books that deal with the West German city of Cologne with its millions of inhabitants and its photo industry, or / and that are written by photographers living here. By not only subsuming Cologne under the category 'Rhineland', but by creating its own main category in the WebStore of Cafe Lehmitz Photobooks, the importance of the photo city Cologne shall be made conscious.


In out-of-print book 'Nichtraum' Nicole AHLAND depicts the interplay of light, space & tim showing deserted spaces, shifted into darkness or overexposed by light. Using analog photography, she creates effects of transparency, superimposition & soft focus.
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'Architekturphotographie in Köln. 1926-1932' to the same named exhibition at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, contains b/w photographs by the photographer Werner MANTZ showing Cologne buildings from the 1920s and 30s - photographed in the style of New Objectivity.
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In out-of-print photo book 'Die Deutschen', René BURRI mainly depicts everyday life in Germany, where the bullet holes from the war can still be seen on the wall of the building. Hepursued his project for many decades. In 1986 and 1999, it was republished
0,00 € Weight 1.5 kg
The Cologne Carnival in photo works by German photographers Theodor BARTH, Ute BEHREND, Thekla EHLING, Dirk GEBHARDT, Matthias JUNG, David KLAMMER, Frederic LEZMI, Nadine PREISS and Wolfgang ZURBORN.
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Japanese bound pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 26 x 1,5 cm., 52 pp. (FocusBook 90g von Papyrus), 51 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 30 copies
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Handbound pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 21 x 1 cm., 48 pp. 880g/m2 Geese Aspero plus), 37 color ills., Ltd. to 25 copies!
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pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 26 x 1,5 cm., 52 pp. (FocusBook 90g von Papyrus), 51 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 30 copies
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HC mit SU (Prägung eines Motivs nach einer Tuschezeichnung von August Macke), mit Fotografien von CHARGESHEIMER, Heinz HELD, Hans JESSE, Werner KOEP, K. KUHNT/D.BALKHAUSEN, Rolf PRETZ und Hans REUTER
0,00 € * Weight 1.1 kg
Broschiert (ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen), 23,5 x 29 cm., 160 S., approx. 150 S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
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For 'Wald' (forest) Gerhard RICHTER chose photos from an extensive collection, which was created since 2005 in the forest near his house. It follows a dramaturgy developed together with text pages and opens up analogies to the overall work of the artist.
0,00 € * Weight 1.3 kg