Book three of Andrzej Steinbach’s portrait series
Gesellschaft beginnt mit Drei
In 2015 Andrzej Steinbach published the photo book Figur I, Figur II, which included portraits of two women. In his new book he extends this circle, using photographs to tackle the question, why should we distrust binary systems of organization and turn to triadic configurations? Steinbach begins his photographic exploration with the classical format of… Read more »
Figur I, Figur II
Artist’s Book for photographer Andrzej Steinbach Figure I and Figure II are two young women who immediately confuse the viewer. Figure I is photographed against a neutral background, striking various different poses and dressed in an assortment of clothes that make it impossible to ascribe her a fixed role. Depending on which photograph you are… Read more »
Figur I, Figur II
It was the streets that raised me, streets that paid me, streets that made me a product of my environment
“Coming from a Hiphop and Punk/Hardcore background, the streets are the place where all our relevant references come together: music, skateboarding, graffiti, political action. The book thus combines self-taken photographs of our surroundings and found footage ranging from movie stills to reproduced magazines and record covers. Both layers are intertwined in a fictional script, formulating… Read more »
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