"Germany after the war 1952 - 1967 It was no more than eight years after the surrender of the Nazi government when Josef Heinrich Darchinger set out on his photographic journey through the West of a divided Germany. The bombs of World War II had reduced the country's major cities to deserts of rubble. Yet his pictures show scarcely any signs of the downfall of a civilization. Not that the photographer was manipulating the evidence: he simply recorded what he saw. At the time, a New York travel agency was advertising the last opportunity to go and visit the remaining bomb sites. Darchinger's pictures, in color and black-and-white, show a country in a fever of reconstruction. The economic boom was so incredible that the whole world spoke of an """"economic miracle."""" The people who achieved it, in contrast, look down-to-earth, unassuming, conscientious, and diligent. And increasingly, they look like strangers in the world they have created."
By:
Josef Heinrich Darchinger Imprint: Taschen GmbH Country of Publication: Germany Dimensions:
Height: 257mm,
Width: 310mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 2.368kg ISBN:9783836500197 ISBN 10: 3836500191 Pages: 288 Publication Date:22 October 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active