Alexander von Reiswitz. Catching Strangers

The Family Constellation Project

von Alexander von Reiswitz

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book combines photography and literature in a unique project. Over a period of fifteen years, photographer Alexander von Reiswitz captured randomly selected people, who happened to be in the same place at the same time, as fictional families in staged family portraits. These encounters, photographed across various countries and cultures on four continents, inspired new fictional narratives. Renowned authors were invited to create stories based on the photographs, inventing imaginary familial relationships and destinies for the portrayed individuals. At the heart of the project is the role of coincidence, which determines so much, after all—not least what we call the right moment, the instant that in photography produces remarkable snapshots, and in life brings people together or causes them to just miss each other.

Alexander von Reiswitz (*1965 in Málaga) lives and works as a photographer and architect in Berlin. His projects featuring “studio animal portraits,” such as Zoogestalten and Animal Stars, have been exhibited in numerous shows worldwide.

• Themen: Kunst Fotografie Sammlungen Porträts & Selbstporträts
• ISBN: 9783775759465
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2025
• Größe: 27 x 31 cm
• Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Designed von: grafikanstalt Wagner
• Bildbeschreibung von: Nadine Barth
• Bildbeschreibung von: Nadine Barth, Alexander von Reiswitz, Florian Koch, Bernhard Kleeberg, Matthias Altenburg, Zsuzsa Bank, Marcel Beyer, Britta Boerdner, John Burnside, Ulrike Draesner, Nadja Einzmann, Marjana Gaponenko, Lena Gorelik, Anna Katharina Hahn, Danielle Hoffelt, Felicitas Hoppe, Verena Jütte, Ulla Lenze, Mariana Leky, Nicol Ljubic, Muepu Muamba, Ulli Nois, Angelika Overath, Rosa Ribas, Nis-Momme Stockmann, Christian Stahlhut, Vincenzo Todisco