"Austrian photographer Erich LESSING is a legend in photography.
His remarkable 1950s images documenting post-World War Europe, and particularly his pictures of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, garnered worldwide admiration.
LESSING's works always revolve around the human condition at the moment when power and powerlessness come face to face, when the joy of living is suddnely overclouded with pain.
His photographs seize the opportunity to recount an instant of history that will never be repeated.
'Arresting Time. Reportage Photography 1948-1973' is a tribute to LESSING's talent as a photojournalist and a visual record of a time of turmoil and great change." (publisher's note)
About the photographer, Erich LESSING (b. 1923 in Vienna):
Austrian photographer Erich LESSING became a photo-reporter for Associated Press in 1947, and in 1951 he became one of the earliest members of the legendary MAGNUM photo cooperative.
LESSING has received international honors, including the American Art Directors' Award, the Grand Austrian State Prize for Artistic Photography, and many others.
His remarkable 1950s images documenting post-World War Europe, and particularly his pictures of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, garnered worldwide admiration.
LESSING's works always revolve around the human condition at the moment when power and powerlessness come face to face, when the joy of living is suddnely overclouded with pain.
His photographs seize the opportunity to recount an instant of history that will never be repeated.
'Arresting Time. Reportage Photography 1948-1973' is a tribute to LESSING's talent as a photojournalist and a visual record of a time of turmoil and great change." (publisher's note)
About the photographer, Erich LESSING (b. 1923 in Vienna):
Austrian photographer Erich LESSING became a photo-reporter for Associated Press in 1947, and in 1951 he became one of the earliest members of the legendary MAGNUM photo cooperative.
LESSING has received international honors, including the American Art Directors' Award, the Grand Austrian State Prize for Artistic Photography, and many others.
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Alistair Crawford, Angelica Bäumer, Davis Hermges
- Format
- HC with dust jacket, 23,5 x 30,5 cm., 46 pp., 400 duotone b/w ills., text language: English