Cafe Lehmitz
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 7. March 2023
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-3-7913-8928-8 (ISBN)
Description
Photographer Anders Petersen was hanging out at a dive bar on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg in 1968 when someone grabbed his camera from the table where he was sitting and started taking pictures. Petersen used the opportunity to photograph the culprit-and the rest of the bar's motley crew of patrons.
The resulting project is one of the most revered photobooks of all time, a celebration of a gritty city at the tail end of the sixties, and the cornerstone of Petersen's storied career. The images have become classics of their genre; Tom Waits used one for the cover of his legendary album Rain Dogs. Their candidness and authenticity remain as eloquent today as when they were first published in 1978.
This sumptuously produced reissue features a new foreword by Waits, and is certain to find a new audience, who will appreciate the stunning analog photography and its elegiac collective portrait of the fringes of society.
The resulting project is one of the most revered photobooks of all time, a celebration of a gritty city at the tail end of the sixties, and the cornerstone of Petersen's storied career. The images have become classics of their genre; Tom Waits used one for the cover of his legendary album Rain Dogs. Their candidness and authenticity remain as eloquent today as when they were first published in 1978.
This sumptuously produced reissue features a new foreword by Waits, and is certain to find a new audience, who will appreciate the stunning analog photography and its elegiac collective portrait of the fringes of society.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
88 COLOR
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 222 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-8928-8 (9783791389288)
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Persons
Anders Petersen (born 1944) is a Swedish photographer, based in Stockholm. Petersen studied photography in Sweden in the 1960s. He is known for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photography. For over three years from 1967 he photographed the late-night regulars in Cafe Lehmitz, a bar in Hamburg, Germany. Cafe Lehmitz has since become regarded as a seminal book in the history of European photography
In 1970 Petersen co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of photographers, with Kenneth Gustavsson. He was director of the Goeteborg School of Photography and Film He began to photograph for magazines, and continued his personal photo diary work, which continues to this day. He has photographed for extensive periods of time in prisons, mental asylums, and elderly care homes.
Petersen has published over 20 books on photography.
Tom Waits is a celebrated American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor.
Roger Anderson was a distinguished journalist and author based in Munich, Germany.
In 1970 Petersen co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of photographers, with Kenneth Gustavsson. He was director of the Goeteborg School of Photography and Film He began to photograph for magazines, and continued his personal photo diary work, which continues to this day. He has photographed for extensive periods of time in prisons, mental asylums, and elderly care homes.
Petersen has published over 20 books on photography.
Tom Waits is a celebrated American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor.
Roger Anderson was a distinguished journalist and author based in Munich, Germany.