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Michael Schmidt Michael Schmidt

24.09.22 – 04.11.22 Solo Exhibition Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe

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Schmidt could certainly have had it easier. Others became rich and famous by photographing things that everyone was already interested in, or by travelling the world to take the same picture over and over in different settings. Schmidt, though, broke the mould with each new series. In 1967, while Michael Ruetz was shooting iconic images of historic demonstrations and sit-ins, Schmidt was exploring Kreuzberg’s courtyards. And in 1989, when pictures of partying crowds on the Berlin Wall …

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Schmidt hätte es sicher oft einfacher haben können. Andere werden berühmt und reich, weil sie das fotografieren, was eh alle interessiert. Oder weil sie auf der ganzen Welt das gleiche Bild machen, mit wechselnden Motiven. Schmidt aber ist mit jeder neuen Serie ausgebrochen. Während Michael Ruetz 1967 bei den Demonstrationen auf dem Kudamm und den Sit-lns in der Freien Universität ikonische Historienbilder schoss, streifte Schmidt durch Kreuzberger Hinterhöfe. Während 1989 Bilder feiernder …

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