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Do Not Refreeze brings together a group of photographers whose extraordinary contributions to European photography have been “frozen out” by the Cold War. Almost completely unknown, these artists developed their practice in the former East Germany, negotiating the omnipresent secret police to create imagery that is increasingly being compared to luminaries such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, and Robert Frank. Disparate in background and experience, their works use an unforgiving documentary aesthetic to convey both the harsh realities and remarkable richness of life behind the Iron Curtain. These stunning images give a glimpse of day-to-day life and evoke the claustrophobia, rage, envy, and ideological pomp of the Communist era, as well as the unexpected personal warmth, tenderness, and exoticism to be found throughout the socialist commonwealth. Do Not Refreeze accompanies an exhibition of the same name, currently touring throughout the UK, organized by curator Matthew Shaul of the Hertfordshire Galleries; more information about the exhibition can be read in Michael Famighetti’s interview with the curator. |
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