Ulrich Wüst - Stadtbilder 1979-1985 Street protest

Ulrich Wüst - Stadtbilder 1979-1985 Street protestHartmann 2021 Ulrich Wst became known to an international audience as an important documentary art photographer when he participated in documenta 14 in 2017. He has been documenting the status and development of East German cities since the 1970s. His black and white photographs strike a careful balance between presumed objectivity and subtle irony, and they comment on the transformation of cities and the lack of a societal vision in the GDR.

“What are you doing here with that eyepiece again

Throughout her career

begins tentatively in 1970s in black-and-white

Provisional Arrangement

and the landscape

and encountered much danger and tragedy along the way

Little Steidl 2017

and beauty

interwoven with diaristic writings reflecting on relationships

his work has not received the critical attention it deserves and his extraordinary life story remains obscure

Length: 30 cm

and interiors