First edition of DDR/East Germany - Colour Works 1972-1990 by Thomas Hoepker. First impression. Medium format hardback in new condition. Text in German and English.

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In 1974, Thomas Hoepker became the first West German photographer to be officially permitted to work in the GDR. He moved to East Berlin and travelled throughout the country from there. Until 1976, he reported for Stern magazine from the self-proclaimed ‘Arbei’ together with his then wife, the journalist Eva Windmöller. His colour photographs, taken here from the early 1970s to 1990, describe life in the GDR with empathy, understanding and Hoepker's unmistakable humour. He photographed the GDR in its own colours and succeeded in conveying an alternative image of the country and its inhabitants, thereby questioning the official representations of state propaganda, which had a monopoly on colour photography in the GDR. His memorable images of the historical upheavals of the reunification period make Thomas Hoepker a chronicler of the disappearance of the GDR from history. The colour photographs of life in the GDR created by Thomas Hoepker are unique in their artistic quality and the insights they provide.