INGAR KRAUSS
PORTRAITS
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2005
Booksize 22 x 28 cm
Pages 102
Hardcover
Language, English
Without exception, the unusual photographs by Ingar Krauss (*1965 in Berlin) are portraits of children and teenagers in faded gray and sepia tones. The subjects look serious, proud, unapproachable, remote, and sometimes defiant-childlike, and yet too mature for their age. Frequently, the photographer finds his models at home and on his travels to typical childhood institutions of the former Eastern Bloc countries: summer camps, Socialist clubhouses for Young Pioneers, and orphanages. Krauss prints his black-and-white portraits on old photographic paper produced in Eastern Europe, which gives his pictures a timeless, melancholy tone.
Publisher's Statement.
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Without exception, the unusual photographs of Ingar Krauss (*1965 in Berlin) are portraits of children and adolescents in faded gray and sepia tones. The subjects appear serious, proud, inaccessible, distant, and sometimes defiant - like children, and yet too mature for their age. The photographer often finds his models at home or during his travels in typical children's institutions in the former Eastern Bloc countries: summer camps, socialist clubs for young pioneers, and orphanages. Krauss prints his portraits in black and white on old photographic paper produced in Eastern Europe, which gives his photos a timeless and melancholic tone.
Publisher's text.