Cologne

2nd reprint (2007). In his out-of-print photographic volume 'Unter Krahnenbäumen', first published in 1958, CHARGESHEIMER documents street life and the housing situation in the 1950s. The text in the book was written by Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll.

German language book 'Cologne after the War' by Matz & Vollmer describes the eventful history of Cologne during the Bonn Republic. A rapid development in reconstruction and expansion, out of war-ruins to a cultural metropolis through photographer's eyes.

'Köln am Dom' by Volker DÖHNE consists of b/w photographs showing Cologne's city center, with the Cathedral or at least the spires always being visible. In intelligent essays, the authors comment on the changes in the architectural appearance of this city

'Kino in Köln' (Cinema in Cologne) offers an in-depth look at the cinema city. From the 1st cinema, to boarding houses, film palaces & box cinemas, to multiplex. Owners & employees report on stars & premieres, the great crisis and the boom of mainstream.

Published in newspaper format, '40 Jahre laif. 40 Positionen dokumentarischer Fotografie' is both an exhibit and a catalog of the exhibition of the same name, which celebrates the anniversary of the German photographers agency from Cologne.

Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag, (wie erschienen), 22 x 27 x 1,5 cm., 96 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Both the selection of 96 b/w images by August SANDER printed in this VEB publication as well as the texts by Alfred Döblin from 1929 and by Dr. Heinz Frotscher in 1982 illustrate how the work of the world famous photographer was received in the former GDR

'Chargesheimer fotografiert Jazz' contains portraits of musicians and their Cologne performances, as well as studio shots that also served as models for posters and record covers. Of around 600 negatives, a large part is published here for the first time.

by Reinhard Matz and Wolfgang Vollmer (eds.) HC with dj, 24 x 29 cm., 384 pp., 425 color ills., German