Klaus Merkel (photographer)

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Klaus Merkel (* 1940 ) is a German photographer and author . He became known through the illustrated books of the "Trilogy of Stone and Time".

Career

Merkel studied art history and archeology at the University of Munich and painting at the Berlin School of Fine Arts.

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The main artistic work of Klaus Merkel is published in 3 illustrated books:

  • Reading Time in the Text of Nature (1997),
  • Album of the Stones (2005),
  • Trees Like Stones (2013).

It is summarized in the trilogy by Stein and Zeit (2013) (publisher: Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich).

Publications / illustrated books by Klaus Merkel (selection)

  • Reading time in the text of nature , Baden (Switzerland), 1997
  • The Reading of Time in the Text of Nature , Baden (Switzerland), 2000
  • A kind of seeing , exhibition catalog Album der Steine, Munich 2004
  • Album of the stones , Baden (Switzerland), 2005
  • Album of Stones , Baden (Switzerland), 2005
  • Trees like stones , Zurich (Switzerland), 2013
  • Trees like Stones , Zurich (Switzerland), 2013
  • Trilogy of Stone and Time , Zurich (Switzerland), 2013
  • Trilogy of Stone and Time , Zurich (Switzerland), 2013

Publications about Klaus Merkel

  • Peter Bichsel, A Story at the Wrong Time ; Zürcher Tagesanzeiger March 15, 1975; printed in: Peter Bichsel, stories at the wrong time , Darmstadt a. Neuwied, 1979
  • Peter Bichsel, Foreword: Reading Time in the Text of Nature , Baden (Switzerland), 1997
  • md - international magazine of design , issue 12/1998; Issue 5/2006; Konradin Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  • Gottfried Knapp, How grown - so built ; Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich, 67/1998
  • Winfried Sühlo, Views on the Intertwining of Spirit and Nature ; DIE WELT Berlin, July 6, 1998
  • Michael Hofmann, Second Nature ; Patek Philippe Magazine No. 5, Condé Nast Publications, London
  • Karl W. Forster, Timely Confrontations; Preface: The Reading of Time in the Text of Nature , Baden (Switzerland), 2002
  • Christiane Grefe, Trace of the Stones ; DIE ZEIT Hamburg, 52/2001
  • Manfred Höhne, What belongs together grows together ; Natural stone 5/2002, Ebner Verlag Ulm
  • Beatrice Lavarini, The Unity in Twoness , exhibition catalog Album der Steine, Munich 2004
  • Max Leuprecht, Stone Archaism and Landscape Aesthetics , exhibition catalog, s. O.
  • Roberta De Righi, Reading Time in the Stone ; Evening newspaper Munich, March 1, 2004
  • Natural stone 8/2006; Ebner Verlag Ulm
  • Berge 4/2006; Olympia-Verlag, Nuremberg
  • Stein 6/2008; Callwey Verlag, Munich
  • Literatures 5/2006 and Monopol 2/2007; Ringier Publishing Group
  • Trees like stones ; Natural stone 20/2012, Ebner Verlag Ulm
  • Harper's Magazine , April 2013; New York, USA
  • Interview on the trilogy of stone and time , Naturstein 5/2013, Ebner Verlag Ulm

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personal data
SURNAME Merkel, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1940