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66 photobooks from East Germany

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"Arranged chronologically, the selection encompasses both publications addressing major historical events and books notable for their design or for exemplifying key concepts of Socialist Realism." "This volume draws largely on my earlier work ... The texts presented here are drawn in part directly from that publication, in part heavily abridged, and in part newly written."--"Introduction", page 9.

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    [Bristol, United Kingdom]: Foxed Editions, 2026

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    • 9781068386794
    • 1068386797

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    • "This book is ... drawn from Thomas Wiegand's monumental investigation, 'Freude Frohsinn Kannibalen - Photobooks from the GDR: an overview' ... published in German in 2025." This is a "condensed English-language version."--"Preface. Forty years of the DDR in books, 1950-1991", page 5.
    • Editor's "Preface" signed in print (page 5): Rudi Thoemmes.

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