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"In the photo book 'Flight' by Antonia HENSCHEL, those places are listed in alphabetical order that she has traveled to within a year, from Amsterdam to New York and Stockholm to Zurich. And yet it takes a while to get used to the typographic breaks. Only those who dare to jump across the line, and sometimes even across the page, are rewarded with a complete word. Only when the eye has been trained to perceive structures and to bridge gaps is it allowed to take a look at the pictures.
Content
In the photo book 'Flight' by Antonia HENSCHEL the curtain rises in Milan . This is followed by color photographs from Beijing, Amsterdam, New York, Milan (2), Isle of Wight, Tokyo, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Furillen, Küsnacht, Zurich, London, Kassel, Tokyo (2), Venice, Tokyo (3), each on a right-hand page and printed in rich colors on matte-coated paper that make one addicted to seeing. This time the order comes from the chronology of events.
The photographs, mostly in portrait format, tell of olive green uniforms, martial street lamps, and spiked ornamental plants in Beijing. Of indecipherable street signs on the Isle of Wight. Of iced tuna, savvy window cleaners and red as well as green traffic cones in Tokyo. Of umbrellas drying in silent harmony in the Auepavillon in Kassel. But above all of ornamentally paved sidewalks, diamond-shaped patterned house facades and rhythmically billowing curtains. The individual, be it a soldier, a worker, or a bride, has a hard time asserting himself in the face of the preponderance of colors and forms, seeming to blend seamlessly into the structure of the landscape and the cities. What Antonia HENSCHEL has gathered in just 364 days and spread out on 554 pages, inspires enthusiasm and amazement.' (slightly adapted text, © Annette Tietenberg)
In the press
"She is not concerned with a comprehensive portrait of the metropolises, but with a moment of pause during the rush around the world. Thus, banalities of everyday life repeatedly push themselves in front of her lens, in places that do not boast of their beauty and are therefore particularly suitable for taking a deep breath." (Freddy Langer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
"A trip around the world on 554 pages. Bound in cloth. A photographic diary that tells of places Antonia Henschel traveled to within a year. First a picture from nowhere, then in alphabetical order all her destinations: from Amsterdam to Beijing, the Isle of Wight, to New York and Zurich. (...) But the pictures collected in 'Flight' are more than a diary of memories. At the same time, they are a visual compass, providing points of reference for orientation. For how does one find one's way around, on journeys, in foreign places? In Antonia Henschel's case, it is impressions, markers in the city, significant street corners, vantage points, shop windows, squares, and architectural details that guide her through unfamiliar cities. (...) Antonia Henschel has created a remarkable book, which inspires not only by its density and the dramaturgy of its construction, but equally by a very own, perceptive and humorous power of observation, by seeing things that are invisible to most." (Claudia Beckmann, stylepark.com)