{"product_id":"erasmus-schroter-lange-nacht","title":"Erasmus Schröter - Lange Nacht","description":"\u003cp\u003eHartmann Books 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I had only two copies of the original book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNachts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e left,” recalls the artist’s wife, Annette Schröter. “It was published in 1982 in a limited edition of 100 copies, printed and bound at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig (HGB). For me, these photographs—taken between 1980 and 1981—are among the best and most impressive images that Erasmus, then still a very young man, ever captured.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErasmus Schröter shot the series on infrared film using the so-called “black flash method.” While it was never revealed how he managed to source this rare film material in East Germany at the time, he was deeply fascinated by its technical possibilities, utilizing it intensively during his excursions into the GDR nightlife, primarily in Leipzig. His subjects encompass people waiting, ball and opera-goers, lovers, dancers, tattooed men at fairs, circus performers, and artists’ festivals. Transcendent and blurred, the photographs evoke the atmosphere of a surreal theater. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLange Nacht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e demonstrates how technical experimentation and documentary photography can synthesize to create entirely new visual layers, while serving as a poignant reminder of the early artistic brilliance of Erasmus Schröter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photographs and their sequence in this volume attempt to replicate the original 1982 edition as closely as possible. However, because not all of the original negatives were preserved, newly discovered archival material not included in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNachts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been integrated. Consequently, this book is not a facsimile and has been given a new title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e30 x 24 cm, 140 pages, 73 illustrations\u003cbr\u003eTexts by Uwe Kolbe, Erasmus Schröter, Annette Schröter\u003cbr\u003eGerman \/ Englisch\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Jakob Kirch, Lamm \u0026amp; Kirch, Berlin\/Leipzig\u003cbr\u003eLinen with silk screen printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-3-96070-145-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hartmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54198790717767,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/7901\/1655\/files\/FrontCover_Gross_Mockup.jpg?v=1781962821","url":"https:\/\/bildbandberlin.com\/products\/erasmus-schroter-lange-nacht","provider":"Bildband Berlin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}