Beuys Book

Born in 1938 in Pulsnitz near Dresden, Klaus Staeck is one of Germany's most prominent graphic artists. Renowned for his political posters, Staeck has been president of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin since 2006. Steidl has produced Staeck's posters throughout his career and has published many of his books including Ohne Auftrag (2001), Pornografie (2005) and Schöne Aussichten (2009). Gerhard Steidl was born in 1950 in Göttingen, Germany, where he continues to live and work. Steidl received his informal printing training from Klaus Staeck and Joseph Beuys, and in 1972 the first Steidl book Befragung der Documenta was published. Since the mid-1980s Steidl has published literature including the work of Nobel laureates Günter Grass and Halldór Laxness. In 1996 Steidl founded an international photography book program.