Martin Manz, Reinhard Matz - Unsere Landschaften - 1980

GREAT GERMAN PHOTOBOOK, mentioned here:
Manfred Heiting, Thomas Wiegand: Deutschland im Fotobuch, page 66

"In their foreword, the two authors state that the romantic landscapes of the 19th century and even August Sander's landscapes of the 1930s no longer exist. "The promise of salvation through nature that they held out must fail today
like society, our landscapes are increasingly dominated by icy rationality of purpose, unfeeling profitability and slick violence. Civilisation and landscape no longer form a contradiction." The "Heimatfotos", which are each assigned to an author in two chapters, are correspondingly clear, distinct and sobering. Manz had already been represented with works from his series a year earlier in the Bonn exhibition In Deutschland. Our Landscapes was honoured in the competition The Most Beautiful German Books 1980 and was one of the most beautiful (Books) from all over the world."
- Thomas Wiegand -

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Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne. 1980. First edition, first printing.

Illustrated softcover with dustjacket (as issued). 312 x 240 mm. 111 pages. 77 photos. Photos: Martin Manz, Reinhard Matz. Layout: Günther Manz. Foreword: Martin Manz, Reinhard Matz. Text: Silvia Volckmann (plus citation by Italo Calvino, Karl Marx, Alexander Mitscherlich, Brigitte Wormbs, Bertolt Brecht, Joachim Weiner). Text in German.

Condition:
Inside excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks and with no foxing. Outside fresh; light, normal trace of use. Overall very fine, better than usual condition.

Great, important German photobook - in great condition.