Edition Lammerhuber : 'Far Away From Brussels' – Stefan Enders travels the outer borders of the EU and presents intensive black & white portraits and documentary color photography of his very personal take on Europe
Stefan Enders is not only a great photographer and professor for photography at Mainz University, he is above all a fervent European citizen. Enders set out to explore his very personal Europe as part of a one-year sabbatical. During his seven-month tour around Europe, he traveled 31,000 kilometers along the external border of 15 European states. The result is an homage to the people of this part of Europe, a poetic and critical analysis – full of sympathy and radiance. The project was published as a book by GoSee member Edition Lammerhuber.
The large-formate photos were presented for the first time at the exhibition of the same name in October, 2017 in Brussels at the European Parliament and were moved to the Mainz City Hall in November, 2017.
“You are asking whether I feel European? I don’t know – I am a Scotsman.” Enders set out to explore his very personal Europe. And he was given answers like this one by Charles Hawkins.
Nobody had the slightest idea how timely this project would be when Enders started out on his journey in March, 2015. As a photographer, he wanted to give an account of the citizens of the European Union. However, he wasn’t going to talk about the well-known central areas, but the people living at the periphery and the borders. He traveled along the external borders of Europe – from Scotland to Portugal and up to the far north-east of Scandinavia. A trip “around the European Union”.
During his journey 'around the European Union’ Enders portrayed more than 200 people. He shows equal respect to every one of them in his poignant black and white photos: the factory manager, the union leader, the female worker, the unemployed man and the refugees stranded in Europe. His colored photos place the project in the present historical situation in Europe.
STEFAN ENDERS studied painting at the Art Academy Düsseldorf before he devoted himself to photography because he was fascinated by the unavoidable proximity to real life which he has to deal with as a photographer. He was working for international magazines, above all for Stern, Der Spiegel, Focus, GEO and Merian, for more than 20 years. His works were awarded several prizes. In 2005, he was appointed Professor for Photography by Mainz University. Stefan Enders lives in Cologne.
New exhibition 'FAR AWAY FROM BRUSSELS' by Stefan Enders
23 November, 2017 – 17 January, 2018, Mainz City Hall, Jockel-Fuchs Platz 1
FAR AWAY FROM BRUSSELS, Stefan Enders
24 x 29 cm, 336 pages, 180 photos , German, text in English as download
Hardcover, bound in linen , ISBN 978-3-903101-24-1, € 78.00
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