PORTRAITS (2006)

Without exception, Ingar Krauss's photographs, moving formal portraits in faded gray and sepia tones, are all of children and teenagers. The subjects look serious, proud, unapproachable, remote and sometimes defiant--both essentially childlike and more mature than they ought to be. The photographer finds his models at home and on his travels to typical childhood institutions of former Eastern Bloc countries: summer camps, Socialist clubhouses for Young Pioneers, and orphanages. Conditions there explain some of the work's timelessly melancholy tone, which the artist fortifies by printing on old photographic paper produced in Eastern Europe. This beautifully printed and signed book is his first. Title: Portraits Publisher: Hatje Catnz Language: English Publication Date: 1988 Binding: Softcover Book Condition: Great Dust Jacket Condition: N/A Edition: First Edition Run: N/A Size: 28 x 22 cm Pages: 80