„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.“
Edition in conjunction with the exhibition in 2007 at Rat Hole Gallery. Including the original exhibition invite.
Condition
Very Good / Exterior in fine condition, inside a small hint of edge discolouration. Including original exhibition invite from Rat Hole Gallery.
Author Anders Petersen
Title Cafè Lehmitz
Type Hardcover
Publication year 2007
Edition 1st Edition Thus
Language English, Japanese
Publisher RAT HOLE
