About The Book
Five continents, three decades: with Walking Distance, Olaf Unverzart presents his interpretation of a travel diary. Beyond tourist attractions, well-known places with supposedly typical folklore, his volume of photography opens our eyes to the things and creatures “in between”.
The power of the images lies in the stillness and intimacy of the scenes. The individual photographs with their black-and-white composition and grainy texture have a strange quality that seems removed from time and place, lending them an almost universal character.
Unverzart explores the most diverse types of transition: we see cars, rails and streets as well as passers-by and pedestrians. Scenes of the old-fashioned and the obsolete point to the photographer’s search for a lost era and repeatedly allude to the extreme cultural, social and technological changes of the last three decades. Publisher’s Info
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About The Artist
Olaf Unverzart, born 1972 in Bavaria is a german artist and photographer who lives in Munich and Upper Palatinate. Monographs (selection): 2009 Leichtes Gepäck, Verlag für moderne Kunst; 2014 ALP, Prestel; 2016 HUNDERT, fountain books; 2020 Été, Verlag Kettler.