SynopsisThis volume is a retrospective of Schaller's photography, presenting all his major bodies of work from the last 13 years such as the series "Studio Gursky" (2000), documenting Andreas Gursky's Düsseldorf studio; "Die Mühle" (2001-02), showing the studio-home of Bernd and Hilla Becher; the private offices of the government of the catholic church (Roman Curia) in "Purple Desk" (2004-2008); the paint palettes of the most renown painters of the last 200 years in "Das Meisterstück" (2007-present); and "Controfacciata" (2008), color-drained images of the interiors of Venetian palaces. Also included are "Disportraits" (2008-2009) his photographs of astronaut suits, and "Leiermann" (2010-present), images of Venetian mirrors; radar images taken in the Gran Canal in "Fledermaus" (2012); and photographs from vinyl records of punk music between 1976 and 1978 in "Punk City" (2012). Presenting thumbnail images of all these series and a bibliography, this book is the perfect entry-point to Schaller's oeuvre and a comprehensive summary., This volume is a retrospective of Schaller's photography, presenting all his major bodies of work from the last 13 years such as the series Studio Gursky (2000), documenting Andreas Gursky's Düsseldorf studio; Die Mühle (2001-02), showing the studio-home of Bernd and Hilla Becher; the private offices of the government of the catholic church (Roman Curia) in Purple Desk (2004-2008); the paint palettes of the most renown painters of the last 200 years in Das Meisterstück (2007-present); and Controfacciata (2008), color-drained images of the interiors of Venetian palaces. Also included are Disportraits (2008-2009) his photographs of astronaut suits, and Leiermann (2010-present), images of Venetian mirrors; radar images taken in the Gran Canal in Fledermaus (2012); and photographs from vinyl records of punk music between 1976 and 1978 in Punk City (2012). Presenting thumbnail images of all these series and a bibliography, this book is the perfect entry-point to Schaller's oeuvre and a comprehensive summary., Matthias Schaller is a retrospective of Schaller's photography in book form. Presenting all his major bodies of work from the last ten years such as the series "Studio Gursky" (2000), documenting Andreas Gursky's Düsseldorf studio; "Die Mühle" (2001-02), showing the studio-home of Bernd and Hilla Becher; and "Controfacciata" (2008), colourdrained images of the interiors of Venetian palaces., Matthias Schaller is a retrospective of Schaller's photography in book form, presenting all his major bodies of work from the last thirteen years such as the series "Studio Gursky" (2000), documenting Andreas Gursky's Dsseldorf studio; "Die Mhle" (2001-02), showing the studio-home of Bernd and Hilla Becher; the private offices of the government of the catholic church (Roman Curia) in "Purple Desk" (2004-2008), paint palettes of the most renown painters of the last 200 years in "Das Meisterstck" (since 2007); "Controfacciata" (2008), color-drained images of the interiors of Venetian palaces. Further his works on astronaut suits "Disportraits" (2008-2009), Venetian mirrors "Leiermann" (since 2010), radar images taken in the Gran Canal in "Fledermaus" (2012) and photographs from vinyl records of Punk music between 1976 and 1978 in "Punk City" (2012). Presenting thumbnail images of all these series and a bibliography, this book is the perfect entry-point to Schaller's oeuvre and a comprehensive summary of it
LC Classification NumberTR647