The photo series 'NIGHT LIFE' goes beyond depicting a particular youth subculture, focusing on the overarching pop cultural phenomenon of nightlife. Its protagonists include the consumers of the nightlife business, the night owls, as well as the producers Ð artists, DJs, musicians, dancers, bargirls, and bouncers. The symbioses, dependencies, hierarchies, and especially erotic attractions between these groups thereby become visible. Sandra Mann's pictures show people of her generation in the context of tattoos, piercing, and lifestyle. These are not pessimistic perspectives, not criticism of those photographed. The photographer's glance is never distanced. Based on Mann's experience as both bartender and consumer, she has created a very personal, intimate glimpse of the nocturnal landscape of clubs and music Ð and a look backstage. The series 'NIGHT LIFE' is also an attempt at an artistic translation of sounds into pictures, reflecting Mann's many years of working together with musicians and producers in designing record covers and in taking portraits of artists. The 'NIGHT LIFE' photographs are borne by a powerful rhythm that never ebbs until dawn Ð and then pulses anew the following night: 'The beat should transcend gray everyday life and be the sound of something imminent.' (Peter Kemper). Jean-Christophe Ammann, the former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt am Main, wrote the introduction to this book of Sandra Mann's experimental photography. The artist Sandra Mann, born in 1970, studied at the College of Design with Rudolf Bonvie, Heiner Blum, Lewis Baltz, and Manfred Stumpf. Since 1998, she has received several grants and taken part in solo and group exhibitions, for example Szenenwechsel XX (Change of Scene XX) in the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main. Sandra Mann's photo series can also be viewed at the exhibition Die Neue Kunsthalle (The New Art Hall) in the Kunsthalle Mannheim until September 14, 2003.
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Flexcover, 15 x 21 cm
240 pages
150 color plates
Text by Jean-Christophe Ammann
Editor Claus Wolfschlag
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