Douglas Kirkland’s latest book, Mademoiselle - Coco Chanel Summer 62, captures and brings back to life the iconic designer exactly as she once was – stern, charming and meticulous. A prolific photojournalist whose lens has captured decades worth of personalities, Kirkland# does justice to a woman whose vision still influences fashion today.

Taken in the summer of 1962, the images showcase Chanel in her place of work but unveil the human/soft side all too mythic for such an untouchable character. A few pictures have the woman herself grinning in unmistakably genuine moments. Karl Lagerfeld poignantly states in the forward how “there are hardly any photos of her – even when young – with such a winning smile, with such a lightness in her expression.”

The simplicity of the book, which appears to span just one day, reveals a compelling and insightful look into the secret world of Coco Chanel.

Lichtjahre means light years in German and is the beautiful name for a group exhibition of 26 graduates of the Berlin based Lette Verein in the field of photo design.

It takes place at Humboldt – Umspannwerk in Kopenhagenerstr. 58, Berlin.
The Vernissage of photographs in the areas of fashion, architecture, portrait, still life, documentary, landscape and conceptual work is on Friday 19th, 7pm.

Following there are two panel discussions:

Photography under commission – with Olaf Blecker, Anja Wiroth and Christa Klubert among others.
June 27th, 6pm.

Artistic photography – with Thomas Eller, Felix Hoffmann and Ingo Taubhorn among others.
June 28th, 6pm.

Here it is, twice! Buy one get one for free? It seems to be even better than a double coffee if you have a look at the newest pictures of Kristina shot by Reno Ranger. Lay back, put ub your seat-belt and enjoy the “Double Feature”.

ph: Reno Ranger
retouch: Paul Postmann
model: Kristina Scerbakova

0_100 is a 16 pages, digitally printed fanzine, focused on contemporary photographers. Each issue comes out in a very limited edition of 100 copies in a A5 format.
With the publication of their 4th release, 0_100 celebrates his first anniversary.

Paolo Roversi, born 1947 in Ravenna, gained fame with his 1980’s Christian Dior campaign using a 8×10 inch Polaroid camera for the first time. Today it is his trademark.

Since 1970 Roversi works with Associated Press. His first job is the documentation of Ezra Pound’s funeral in Venice. That same year Roversi opened a photo studio in Ravenna and starts to portray the local stars and their families.

The series, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, starts with the exhibition „zu Hause“ (at home), Berka 1950 - 1960, by Ludwig Schirmer.

Working as a miller in 1950s Berka, a small village in Thuringia, Schirmer’s real passion is photography. In his spare time he photographs friends and neighbors. He is with them at work, during festivities and in their leisure time. He takes pictures of his family, the streets in the village and the woods. The people do not pose for him. They are the way they always are. They do not feel watched because he is one of them and that is exactly what his pictures convey. Schirmer is an autodidact and reaches a level of professionalism that starts landing him small advertising jobs. In 1960 he moves to Berlin and becomes a famous advertising photographer. After his death in 2001 Schirmer’s children rediscovered his work from Berka which is now on show at GALERIE Pixel Grain.