Auschwitz Aufnahmen Anlässlich des 70. Jahrestages der Befreiung ca. 15 Ausgaben der in 2003 publizierten Arbeit sind in Russisch, Polnisch und Französisch verfügbar. Signatur, Box mit Stempel u. Signatur, 175,-€ s. a. The Photobook Vol. II, Martin Parr/Gerry Badger, Seite 244/245 Material Auschwitz-Birkenau Photoband Auszug (PDF, ~450Kb) Deutsch English Français Polskie Русский перевод »Prolog« Gerhard Schoenberner Deutsch English Français Polskie Русский перевод »Epilog« Stefan Skowron Deutsch English Français Polskie Русский перевод »Intentions« Marceline Loridan-Ivens Deutsch English Français Polskie Русский перевод Texte zum Film Treatment Synopsis   Black and white allows us to travel blamelessly back in time because black and white is the emblem of past. It allows us to consign our fears and horrors to a distant place, removing ourselves totally from the events which occurred. Colour overtakes the past; history becomes present. Colour closes the gap between the spectator and the subject, taking the viewer closer to the associated tragedy. Indoctrinated by the medial compilation of events - which remain incomprehensible despite their pervasive nature - we equate black and white with the event and the victims, the actions with the perpetrators, the era with its concepts. Black and white becomes condemning and critical. And so we look with even more amazement upon images of blue skies dotted with white clouds rolling above red-bricked houses; we recognise luscious green grass between terraced houses and stocky watchtowers; we marvel at foxes scurrying between ruins. Colour becomes the subjunctive of history. It replaces so-called authenticity with the binding reality of the present. To use black and white now for this project would serve only to reveal the drama and its affect on the viewers; colour is the sole medium capable of reproducing the absolute state. In an act of anarchy, the photographer uses colour to relocate this place and its horrific history, immutable for all eternity, in the time and place occupied by the viewer, and reclaims what society would long have consigned to the realms of oblivion were it not for this testimony to inhumanity nestling between shady birch groves in an overgrown meadow. Stefan Skowron     aktuelles  andreas magdanz  arbeiten  neue projekte  magbooks  presse  lehre  kontakt  impressum   english