Timm Rautert: Bildanalytische Photographie 1968–1974 Published by Steidl. Edited by Stephanie Buck, Linda Conze, Rebecca Wilton. Text by Bertram Kaschek, Christina Natlacen, Steffen Siegel. Conversation by Linda Conze, Rebecca Wilton. From the photographic act to the possibilities of presentation: the fundamental conditions of photography German photographer Timm Rautert’s (born 1941) Bildanalytische Photographie (Image-Analytical Photography) highlights the fundamental conditions of photographic work—from the photographic act and the development of photographic images under an enlarger in the lab to the various possibilities of presentation. A systematically elaborated ensemble of analog black-and-white and color photographs, of image-text compilations, and of manuals and photographic material provokes elementary questions about what photography means as a medium, what is expected from it, and how it has shaped the perception of the world.
Black-and-white photographs, passport photos, lab experiments and combinations of selected photo prints with their negatives are found here among Rautert’s 56 works, but also nonphotographic material such as a gray card (used for measuring light mainly in photo studios), postcards and graphic manuals. Each work becomes an element of “analysis” showing the numerous potential scenarios of photography.
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