Café Lehmitz

Anders Petersen

BOO 2512 U
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CONDITION & NOTES
Used / The dust jacket is heavily discoloured, has some edge wear and the foil of the jacket is releasing. Interior in Good condition with minor edge discolouration and a small stain on the last page.

TYPE PUBLICATION YEAR
Softcover

1978

EDITION LANGUAGE
First

German

PUBLISHER DIMENSIONS
Schirmer/Mosel 24 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm
CONDITION
Used / The dust jacket is heavily discoloured, has some edge wear and the foil of the jacket is releasing. Interior in Good condition with minor edge discolouration and a small stain on the last page.

TYPE
Softcover

PUBLICATION YEAR
1978

EDITION
First

LANGUAGE
German

PUBLISHER
Schirmer/Mosel

DIMENSIONS
24 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm

ABOUT

Café Lehmitz, a beer joint at the Reeperbahn, was a meeting point for many who worked in Hamburg's red-light district: prostitutes, pimps, transvestites, workers, and petty criminals. Anders Petersen was 18 years old when he first visited Hamburg in 1962, chanced upon Café Lehmitz, and established friends that made an impact on his life. In 1968 he returned to Lehmitz, found new regulars , renewed contact and began to take pictures. His photographs, which we first published in book form in 1978, have become classics of their genre. Their candidness and authenticity continue to move the viewer. The solidarity evident in them prevents voyeurism or false pity arising vis-á-vis a milieu generally referred to as asocial. The other world of Café Lehmitz, which no longer exists in this form, becomes visible as a lively community with its own self-image and dignity.