Boards in cardboard sleeve/case.
ISBN:
9783882439243
Hedi Slimane’s Berlin captures the atmospheric and subcultural pulse of the German capital at the turn of the millennium, documenting the city during the photographer’s residency at Kunst-Werke between 2000 and 2002. Moving fluidly across districts from Wannsee to Warschauer Straße, Slimane bypasses conventional architectural documentation to focus intensely on the lives, spaces, and nocturnal haunts of a new generation. His stark, high-contrast tritone plates construct a wordless, deeply personal journal of youth culture, underground music scenes, and fleeting moments of transient intimacy.
The visual language of the monograph relies heavily on sharp tonal reduction, raw immediacy, and a cinematic framing that bridges high fashion sensibilities with documentary grit. Portraits of young men and youths sharing underground spaces, clubs, and stark urban landscapes are interspersed with desolate cityscapes, vacant lots, and nocturnal street views. Rather than framing Berlin through a lens of monumental history, Slimane presents the city as an intimate, restless backdrop driven by a collective desire for autonomy and escape.
Within Slimane’s broader artistic trajectory, Berlin stands as a defining statement of his photographic ethos, extending his exploration of youth subcultures and minimalist aesthetics into the photobook format. The book's tight editing and restrained design underscore the melancholic, electric energy of a city caught between its divided past and an emergent, independent future.
Hedi Slimane’s Berlin captures the atmospheric and subcultural pulse of the German capital at the turn of the millennium, documenting the city during the photographer’s residency at Kunst-Werke between 2000 and 2002. Moving fluidly across districts from Wannsee to Warschauer Straße, Slimane bypasses conventional architectural documentation to focus intensely on the lives, spaces, and nocturnal haunts of a new generation. His stark, high-contrast tritone plates construct a wordless, deeply personal journal of youth culture, underground music scenes, and fleeting moments of transient intimacy.
The visual language of the monograph relies heavily on sharp tonal reduction, raw immediacy, and a cinematic framing that bridges high fashion sensibilities with documentary grit. Portraits of young men and youths sharing underground spaces, clubs, and stark urban landscapes are interspersed with desolate cityscapes, vacant lots, and nocturnal street views. Rather than framing Berlin through a lens of monumental history, Slimane presents the city as an intimate, restless backdrop driven by a collective desire for autonomy and escape.
Within Slimane’s broader artistic trajectory, Berlin stands as a defining statement of his photographic ethos, extending his exploration of youth subcultures and minimalist aesthetics into the photobook format. The book's tight editing and restrained design underscore the melancholic, electric energy of a city caught between its divided past and an emergent, independent future.
Hedi Slimane’s Berlin captures the atmospheric and subcultural pulse of the German capital at the turn of the millennium, documenting the city during the photographer’s residency at Kunst-Werke between 2000 and 2002. Moving fluidly across districts from Wannsee to Warschauer Straße, Slimane bypasses conventional architectural documentation to focus intensely on the lives, spaces, and nocturnal haunts of a new generation. His stark, high-contrast tritone plates construct a wordless, deeply personal journal of youth culture, underground music scenes, and fleeting moments of transient intimacy.
The visual language of the monograph relies heavily on sharp tonal reduction, raw immediacy, and a cinematic framing that bridges high fashion sensibilities with documentary grit. Portraits of young men and youths sharing underground spaces, clubs, and stark urban landscapes are interspersed with desolate cityscapes, vacant lots, and nocturnal street views. Rather than framing Berlin through a lens of monumental history, Slimane presents the city as an intimate, restless backdrop driven by a collective desire for autonomy and escape.
Within Slimane’s broader artistic trajectory, Berlin stands as a defining statement of his photographic ethos, extending his exploration of youth subcultures and minimalist aesthetics into the photobook format. The book's tight editing and restrained design underscore the melancholic, electric energy of a city caught between its divided past and an emergent, independent future.