Karl Spiess

It is official. The National Gallery of Canada and Canadian Photography Institute have accepted a donation of the Karl Spiess glass negatives, prints and related materials to preserve them for Canadians and future researchers!

Author of the Karl Spiess book Dietmar Riemann is often interviewed about life in former East Germany. His books document that time. Here is a recent interview (use google translate if your German isn’t Spitze).

Mosbach: Das Tagebuch versteckte er im Kohlenkasten Der Mosbacher Fotograf und Autor Dietmar Riemann durfte 1989 aus der DDR ausreisen - Den Weg dahin dokumentierte er heimlich

Very interesting PBS analysis of a famous photo from the same era as the photos of Karl Spiess. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVNhTi9pzM Thanks Myles Mindham and Stephen Bulger for the link!

What This Photo Doesn't Show This photograph of young farmers on their way to a dance was taken in Germany in 1914 by August Sander. Except they weren't farmers. And the dance they were ...

In what might be the most amazing and important recognition yet of the work of Karl Spiess, the Canadian Photography Institute at the National Gallery of Canada has featured a Karl Spiess image in the introduction of their comprehensive exhibition book "The Extended Moment - 50 years of collecting photographs". www.shopngc.ca/boutique/en/product/new-publications/ithe-extended-moment-i-english-en.html In the hi-res scan of the woman with bicycle and dog image, it is possible to make out the serial number of the bicycle and the brand of tire!

We are excited that the book (including a version with a limited edition print) is now available online at abebooks.com as well as at the Bulger Gallery. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22861115920

Karl Spieß: 1891–1945, A Saxon Light Artist and His Photographs by Dietmar Riemann: Mitteldeutscher Verlag 9783954629046 Hardcover - Stephen Bulger Gallery AbeBooks.com: Karl Spieß: 1891–1945, A Saxon Light Artist and His Photographs: Limited Edition Book with a 7 x 9 1/2 inch Pigment print Edition of 20 Two versions, each with one of the prints displayed The archives of the Saxon photographer Karl Spieß (1891-1945) were to be disposed of in a dump ...

Dietmar will be signing from 1-2 pm...

Nice to find this article in the Globe and Mail yesterday!