Michael Wesely. Doubleday

A hardcover book titled Michael Wesely Doubleday, shown at an angle on a plain white background. The cover image is a double exposure photograph blending a historic arched building with a modern glass facade. The subtitle reads Berlin 1860 bis heute.

A book titled Michael Wesely Doubleday, standing against a white background. The cover art features a composite image where a photograph of a historic, ornate stone building with a large arch is overlaid with a transparent, geometric blue graphic, blending past and present architecture. The subtitle reads Berlin 1860 bis heute.

The back cover of a book on a white background. The left side is a red vertical band with text in German and English, along with a barcode and logos. The right side shows a photograph of a modern building superimposed over a historic, dark building with arches, next to a body of water with a barge in the foreground.

An open book viewed from above. The left page features a composite photograph that blends a historical, black and white image of Berlin's Bahnhof Zoo with a modern, full-color image of the same location, showing people from both eras. The right page contains German text with the headline Bilder über Bilder.

A photograph in an open book showing a composite image that merges past and present views of a busy Berlin street. Translucent figures from an older era walk among modern-day crowds in front of a cafe with red and white striped awnings. Historic buildings and a modern glass skyscraper line the street under a clear blue sky.

An open book laid flat on a white surface, displaying a two-page composite photograph. The image artistically blends a historic, grainy, black-and-white photo of a damaged classical monument, likely the Brandenburg Gate, with a contemporary color photo of a city street with lush green trees, buildings, and cars, juxtaposing past and present.

A minimalist table of contents for a book, shown against a plain white background. The text is in both German and English, with page numbers on the left. The entries include essays by Niklas Maak and Ludger Derenthal, as well as sections for Plates, Biographies, and a List of Places.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page features a composite photograph that merges a historic, black-and-white image of Berlin's Bahnhof Zoo from 1937 with a contemporary, full-color photo from 2023. People from both eras appear as semi-transparent figures, coexisting in the same street scene. The right page displays an essay in German titled Bilder über Bilder by Niklas Maak.

A composite photograph of a bustling city street, blending different time periods. In the foreground, a building with red and white striped awnings has an outdoor cafe. Semi-transparent, ghost-like figures of people from the past are superimposed over contemporary pedestrians on the sidewalk, with a mix of old architecture and a modern skyscraper in the background.

A composite photograph blending a historic, black-and-white image of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin with a modern, color photograph of the same busy street. The ghostly, war-damaged church and surrounding buildings are superimposed over a contemporary scene with traffic and rebuilt architecture, showing the citys past and present simultaneously.

A high-angle, composite photograph of a cityscape, blending a black-and-white image of a war-torn, ruined city with a modern, color photograph of the same location. Ghostly, bombed-out buildings are superimposed over contemporary apartment blocks and a wide road. In the foreground, a barren park with leafless trees and crisscrossing paths also shows this layered effect, illustrating destruction and reconstruction over time.

A composite photograph blending two different time periods in a park. A modern color scene with bare trees, green grass, and empty tables is overlaid with a ghostly, darker historical image. The older scene shows the same park filled with people and trees decorated with numerous round, white lanterns, creating a dreamlike effect where past and present coexist.

A composite photograph that superimposes a ghostly, black-and-white image of a war-torn city with ruined buildings over a modern, color photograph of the same street. The present-day scene shows a busy road with cars, tram tracks, and pedestrians, while the semi-transparent ruins of the past loom over them, creating a haunting juxtaposition of destruction and everyday life.

A double exposure photograph of a large urban construction site. The image layers a deep, muddy excavation pit with a semi-transparent view of a concrete foundation being built within it by workers. In the background, city buildings and construction cranes are visible.

A composite photograph showing a modern city street scene superimposed over a historical, black-and-white image of the same location. Gleaming contemporary skyscrapers and busy traffic blend with the ghostly, transparent ruins of war-damaged buildings from the past, creating a powerful contrast between then and now.

A composite photograph that superimposes a historical black-and-white image of the war-damaged Brandenburg Gate over a modern color photo of the same location. The ghostly image of the ruined monument and surrounding rubble from the past is layered with the vibrant green leaves of large trees and modern cars from the present, creating a powerful juxtaposition of destruction and peace.

An artistic composite photograph blending two eras at the Reichstag building in Berlin. A contemporary, full-color image of the restored building with tourists and a red bus is superimposed over a historical, black-and-white photo showing the building as a war-damaged ruin surrounded by rubble, merging past and present in a single view.

A composite photograph blending a historical black-and-white image of an ornate corner building, Herrmann Gerson, with a modern color photo of the same location. The old structure appears ghost-like over its contemporary replacement, a sleek glass-walled building, illustrating the architectural transformation of the city street over time.

A time-lapse composite photograph of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. On the left is a dark bronze statue of a horse fighting a lion on a pedestal. The background is a layered image, blending the historic facade of the palace with a modern structure and the adjacent park, showing it both under construction and with people enjoying the space.

A composite photograph blending a historical black-and-white image of a Berlin street with a modern color one. The past scene shows horse-drawn carriages and an old tram, which fade into the present-day view featuring the red-bricked Rotes Rathaus and the tall Fernsehturm against a blue sky.

Michael Wesely. Doubleday

Berlin 1860 bis heute / Berlin from 1860 to the Present Day

€ 44.00

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April 2024, 136 Pages, 90 Photos

Hardcover

216mm x 268mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5791-1

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Bringing the city's history to life

Internationally renowned photographer Michael Wesely captures time and life in his photographs. In Doubleday, he explores the archaeological dimensions of photography by superimposing his own photographs precisely over historical views of nineteenth and twentieth century buildings in Berlin. This allows him to leap from the past to the present: Nineteenth century flaneurs on Alexanderplatz encounter today's tourists, ruins become visible beneath the reconstructed copies of the buildings, and a park appears in place of Monbijou Palace.

MICHAEL WESELY (*1963) is a master of long exposure photography. His precise use of this photographic technique has made him world-famous. His works are represented in international exhibitions and collections. He lives and works in Berlin.

EXHIBITION

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin

12.4.-1.9.2024

BOOK SIGNING

May 4, 2 pm

Kunst-Buch Kollwitzplatz