Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective
Michael Schmidt: Retrospective

Michael Schmidt: Retrospective

Michael Schmidt (1945–2014) occupies a unique position in contemporary German photography. Born in Berlin and with no formal training in photography, in the mid-1960s he discovered the medium as a form of artistic expression. For each of his series, Schmidt developed an individual photographic method of accessing reality.

This retrospective at the Hamburger Bahnhof presents his life’s work chronologically, and is the first survey exhibition of the photographer in his hometown of Berlin in 25 years. Along with the series Waffenruhe (1987), Ein-heit (1996), Lebensmittel (2012) and other original photographs, unpublished working prints, book drafts and archive material illustrate the development of Schmidt’s artistic work, which has been seminal for a younger generation of photographers due to its continual exploration and innovation.

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