Weinberger, Karlheinz
Karlheinz Weinberger: Photographs: Together & Alone
- ISBN 13:
- 9781734035117
- author:
- Weinberger, Karlheinz
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- T.H.E. Song Cave
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 230
- Dimensions:
- 5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Karlheinz Weinberger's Photographs Together & Alone presents a unique collection of over 200 previously unpublished vintage photographs. The book brings together images of Weinberger's most famous subjects, the "Halbstarke", with a more private side of his oeuvre: solo portraits of men from the late 1950s through the mid-1970s. These portraits reveal a palpable tenderness between photographer and subject, offering an expansive and uncritical take on the male form. The photographs showcase a range of poses, from fully clothed and arms-crossed to campy and flirtatious, and fully nude and reclined. Despite not being a professional photographer, Weinberger captured his subjects with a distinctly gay male gaze, both carnal and artistic. This collection is a significant addition to Weinberger's work, and is likely to earn him a larger following and appreciation. Born in 1921, Karlheinz Weinberger was a Swiss photographer whose work predominantly explored outsider cultures. His photographs, published in the gay magazine Der Kreis under the pseudonym "Jim", provide a unique insight into the lives of men on the margins of society.