The freedom within us
Subtitle: East German photography, 1980-1989
By: a book edited by Sonia Voss ; translated by Darrell Wilkins
Publisher: Koenig Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London ; [Köln]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783960985754
Subjects: Photography; Exhibitions; Artistic Photography; Catalogs
Other titles: East German photography, 1980-1989
Description: From the various perspectives possible, the book focuses on how, in an authoritarian state relying on the physical constraints of the body (denial of the individual in favor of 'the people', confinement within G.D.R. borders, normativity bodies regarded as tools of production and vectors of ideology, constant Stasi surveillance), photography was a medium where the individual asserts, resists and expresses its freedom.
Notes: Originally published in French: Paris : Éditions Xavier Barral, 2019.

On the occasion of the exhibition "Restless bodies - East German photography 1980-1989" held at Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles, July 1 - September 22, 2019.