Am Nullpunkt der Fotografie / At the Zero Point of Photography: Photographs and Photograms 1952-2004 (German and English Edition)

Rene Machler has earned international recognition as one of the most outstanding representatives of Concrete Photography. Although concrete photography receives attention time and again in its relationship to modern art, it is only slowly gaining public awareness as a self-contained form of photographic art. In an era marked by a steadily swelling tide of arbitrary and noncommittal digital images, Rene Machler's art is more relevant than ever. In addition to early camera works, this volume presents a comprehensive selection of Machler's photograms since the 1960s, accompanied by essays by Gottfried Jager, Hella Nocke-Schrepper and Martin Gasser.