{"product_id":"josef-heinrich-darchinger-wirtschaftswunder-9783836589277","title":"Josef Heinrich Darchinger. Wirtschaftswunder","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was no more than eight years after the surrender of the Nazi government when \u003cstrong\u003eJosef Heinrich Darchinger\u003c\/strong\u003e set out on his \u003cstrong\u003ephotographic journey through the West of a divided Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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. \u003cstrong\u003eDarchinger's pictures, in color and black-and-white, show a country in a fever of reconstruction\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The photographs portray a country caught between the opposite poles of technological modernism and cultural restoration, between affluence and penury, between German \u003cem\u003eGemütlichkeit\u003c\/em\u003e and the constant threat of the Cold War. They show the winners and losers of the \"economic miracle,\" people from all social classes, at home, at work, in their very limited free time and as consumers. But they also show a country that looks, in retrospect, like a film from the middle of the last century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For this revised edition, we have digitally remastered all photographies in a new, full-frame format that captivate with their highly pigmented colors and fine press varnish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonnef, Klaus:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Klaus Honnef was honorary professor of photography theory at the Kassel Art Academy. He was one of the organizers of documenta 5 and documenta 6 in Kassel, and has been the curator of more than 500 exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He has written numerous books, including TASCHEN's Contemporary Art, Andy Warhol, and Pop Art.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarchinger, Frank:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - In 1977, Frank Darchinger began his career as a photojournalist, while also assisting his father, Josef Heinrich Darchinger, with the classifying and updating of his legendarily vast and efficient photographic archive. It was through his endeavors that his father's work has become accessible to the general public. Today Frank Darchinger works as a freelance photographer in Bonn.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarchinger, Josef Heinrich:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Josef Heinrich Darchinger (1925-2013) started working as a freelance photojournalist in 1952. Darchinger's photographs began to regularly appear in reputable German print media starting in the mid-1960s. In his years as a photographer for Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, Darchinger had a formative influence on the magazines' national news coverage of Bonn. He also presented his work at exhibitions and in collections of photographic portraits--for instance of Helmut Schmidt, Willy Brandt, Richard von Weizsäcker, or Heinrich Böll. Darchinger received numerous awards, among which was the prestigious Erich Salomon Award from the German Photographic Association.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382851932434,"sku":"9783836589277","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_527bc6c5-ced4-4505-8ce4-cb1f3e9f6999.jpg?v=1728772740","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/josef-heinrich-darchinger-wirtschaftswunder-9783836589277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}