Vera Lutter

by Douglas Crimp, Gertrud Koch, Vera Lutter (Artist)

In 1991, German-born photographer Vera Lutter (born 1960) moved to New York. Inspired by the city's architecture and night-time luminescence, Lutter took the extraordinary step of transforming her apartment into a pinhole camera, and, in a process that could last weeks or even months, exposed images directly onto wall-size sheets of photographic paper. Intent upon minimal interference with this process, Lutter refrained from duplicating the images, and used the negative as the final work. New York has remained the recurrent subject of Lutter's (literally) unique photographs, but over the past two decades, she has applied the process to other locations and styles of architecture around the world, documenting shipyards, airports and abandoned factories. This volume offers the first thorough overview of Lutter's magical architectural photography, representing her full range of motifs and subjects in superb duotone. Also included is an account of her first film and sound installation.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 2012

About the author

Douglas Crimp (b. 1944) was an American writer, curator, and art historian. He was professor in art history at the University of Rochester.

Reviews

[The Art Book Review · Rating 4 out of 5]

"This book, like Lutter’s work, requires a long exposure. Hours of it open next to a coffee mug every morning, hauled around in a canvas bag, quickly flipped through in the studio, and sometimes a single page studied at length, the spine cracked open at the same spot for days, until the cerulean blue magically turns."

--John Houck on "Vera Lutter" from Hatje Kantz

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