Amok. André Gelpke. Spector Books. CPress

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Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution1 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution2 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution3 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution4 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution5 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution6 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution7 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution9 Amok_Andre_Gelpke_Spector_Books_Motto_Distribution10Amok is André Gelpke’s personal commentary on the absurdities of our lives. True to the artist’s motto, “Photography is a whore, never faithful, always feigning,” Gelpke uses the medium to formulate his subjective view of the world. Without being explanatory or anecdotal, he examines, with the help of the camera, the small, naturally occurring settings of everyday life. Along with Michael Schmidt and Heinrich Riebesehl, Gelpke is one of the most important writer-photographers in post-war Germany. Amok brings together for the first time images taken over a period of twelve years, from 2002 to 2014.

216 pages, 20 x 27 cm, German/English, Linen hardcover, published by Spector Books and co-published with cpress, Zurich
Design: Christof Nüssli
Editors: André Gelpke, Christof Nüssli
Leipzig 2014
ISBN: 978-3-944669-81-6

 

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