Text by David Campany, Emma Nilsson, Steffen Siegel, Katharina Zimmermann.
An act of media archaeology: revealing the inauthenticity of photography as a representational medium
German artist Sebastian Riemer (born 1982) explores press photography from the last century, revealing how the editing and retouching process transforms an image. His meticulous black-and-white appropriations of these found images blur the boundary between photography and painting, documentation and invention.
STATUS: Forthcoming | 8/8/2023
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Published by Spector Books. Text by David Campany, Emma Nilsson, Steffen Siegel, Katharina Zimmermann.
An act of media archaeology: revealing the inauthenticity of photography as a representational medium
German artist Sebastian Riemer (born 1982) explores press photography from the last century, revealing how the editing and retouching process transforms an image. His meticulous black-and-white appropriations of these found images blur the boundary between photography and painting, documentation and invention.
