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Katalog erscheint anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Museum Goch vom 31.10.2015 bis 24.01.2016

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Unser ständiger Begleiter - das Handy - dringt immer mehr in unseren Alltag ein. Eine ganz wesentliche Eigenschaft, die damit eröffnet wurde, ist die Fotografie mit dem Mobiltelefon. Mit 150 ausgewählten Handy-Fotos zeigt der Frankfurter Fotograf Peter Loewy einen Einstieg in dieses junge Thema.

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An essential achievement that the mobile phone has brought us ist the digital mobile telephone camera. Initially treated with condescension, it now has cult status. It was therefore an obvious step to adress this topic from both an artistic and scholarly perspective in an exhibition and in this book. With a selection of 150 works by the Frankfurt photographer Peter Loewy, we examine the extent to which mobile phone photography after almost 200 years.

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Blessing or Curse - Mobile Phone Photography
It is our constant companion: the mobile phone, or what Germans call the "handy." With all its functions and apps it finds its way ever deeper into our everyday life. It changes how we communicate, speeds up everything we do, and intervenes very subtly in our way of thinking. Indeed, it even preoccupies addiction experts and occupies therapists more and more with the question of how to handle the ubiquitous new drug of mobile telephony. An essential achievement that the mobile phone has brought us is the digital
mobile telephone camera. Initially treated with condescension, it now has cult status. It was therefore an obvious step to address this topic from both an artistic and scholarly perspective in an exhibition and in this book.
With a selection of 150 works by the Frankfurt photographer Peter Loewy, we examine the extent to which mobile phone photography has changed or even revolutionized the history of photography after almost 200 years. What does it mean if everyone is able at any time to capture passing life photographically? Is it a blessing or a curse for humankind in the 21st century?
We would like to thank Christiane Kuhlmann for introducing us in her text to the manifold approaches to this young topic. We thank Peter Loewy for the idea of this exhibition and of the book, which thanks to Markus Braun of hackenschuh com. design and B.O.S.S. Medien has found a form adequate to the content.
Stephan Mann
Uwe Schramm

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