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01.07.2011

Roman Bezjak. Socialist Modernity. A neutral view of a controversial architectural era

While the West has a tendency to regard the fossilized witnesses of planned economy and socialist modernism with scepticism, Roman Bezjak (*1962 in Slovenia) throws a rather impartial glance on the architecture of communism.

Following award-winning photo-documentaries for GEO and …

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG : Roman Bezjak - Sozialistische Moderne
30.06.2011

Visibility begins here - Sandra Kantanen Landscapes - Searching For Nature’s Essence, book published by Hatje Cantz

Sandra Kantanen’s works are only landscape photographs to a certain extent. Influenced by traditional Chinese landscape art, she searched for idyllic motifs in the holy mountains of China, but did not find what she was looking for.

"In my new work I have photographed …

Sandra Kantanen - Landscapes
06.10.2010

Hatje Cantz presents Oda Jaune, Olaf Heine & Nadav Kander at Art Forum Berlin - plus the publisher's 65th anniversary!

The Hatje Cantz publishing house will host a stall at this year's Art Forum in Berlin, where they will present their ‘Collector's Editions’.

And as in previous years, the artist will be at hand to sign their books on location.

The guests include Bulgarian …

HATJE CANZ presents International Art Show 2010
25.08.2010

Walter Niedermayr 'Recollection' : the beauty of Iranian architecture and its history

Miles away from crises and current debates on stoning in Iran, Walter Niedermayr captures a politically natural view of the architectural beauty of a country silenced by its own government. The photographer travelled to Iran between 2005 and 2008. His stops included Teheran, Isfahan, Yazd, Schiraz, …

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG : Walter Niedermayr
25.05.2010

Ich bin was wir sind! Das Phänomen von Masse und Individuum - Claudia Rogges Kompositionen als Retrospektive in Buchform

We are a mass, we are individuals. We are individualism and mass phenomena, individuals in the mass, individual in the mass.

Artist Claudia Rogge has made it her calling to disentangle these contrary concepts, visualise them and compose a new consortium.

Her photo …

HATJE CANTZ : Der Mensch in der Masse by Claudia Rogge
29.07.2009

Hatje Cantz : Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from above - Andreas Gefeller's world from a bird's eye view

Andreas Gefeller (b. 1970) provides us with an unmistakable behind the scenes insight of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf art academy. It is as if someone just took the lid off and captured it from a bird’s eye view…. The impressive results are combined images from several separate …

HATJE CANTZ  : Andreas GEFELLER
12.04.2009

Hatje Cantz : Surfaces & Structures - Bae, Bien-U's pinewoods and Ola Kolehmainen's pulsating architectural facades

For over 25 years, Korean born Bae, BIEN-U has photographed the old pinewood surrounding the shrine of kings of the Shilla Dynasty, located close to Gyeongju. Bae, BIEN-U (*1950) is considered the most important photo artist from Korea, and has influenced many generations of students during his …

HATJE CANTZ: Bae BIEN- U
06.02.2009

Hatje Cantz Verlag : breathtaking cityscapes and facades by HGEsch

The “City and Structure“ picture book presents renowned Germany-based architecture photographer HGEsch’s personal photographs of metropolises and mega cities. The shots demonstrate the photographer’s fascination for fast growing Boom Cities, especially in Asia and the United …

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG : HGESCH *City and Structure*