Vintage gelatin silver print on Leonar paper
Germany, 1965
Toni Schneiders (1920-2006) – German photographer
Verso titled in pencil and inscribed as well as with Toni Schneiders’s archive stamp
Image size: 22.4 x 30.5 cm
Very good condition
Poetic shot by Toni Schneiders, one of the most important German photographers after 1945; his works fetch over €5,800 on the international auction market

Toni Schneiders shot the present photo at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, which towers on a hill on the bank of the Rhine, in August 1965. It depicts a group of children who are running around, laughing and holding hands, surrounded by high stone walls. This impressive backdrop endows the picture with a mythical atmosphere. In addition to his numerous travel photographs, Schneiders also created portraits of his home country Germany. Here the photographer, who was born near Koblenz, used a landmark of the region as a backdrop for one of his photographs.

The photograph is titled ‘SPIEL IN FESTUNGSMAUERN / EHRENBREITSTEIN’ and inscribed in pencil on verso, further it bears Toni Schneiders’s archive stamp. The print is in very good condition consistent with age; there are creases in the corners, mainly outside the depiction. The image measures 22.4 x 30.5 cm, the dimensions of the sheet are 24.1 x 30.5 cm.

Toni Schneiders (1920-2006)

In 1939 Toni Schneiders finished an apprenticeship as a photographer. During World War II he worked in the photocopying service of the army and from 1942 he was a war correspondent in France and Italy. Here he created impressive shots of Mussolini’s liberation on the mountain massif of Gran Sasso. After the war Schneiders returned to Germany and created photo essays, advertising and travel photographs. He opened a photography studio and worked as a freelance photojournalist. In 1949 he co-founded the avant-garde group ‘fotoform’ together with Otto Steinert, Peter Keetman, Siegfried Lauterwasser, Wolfgang Reisewitz und Ludwig Windstoßer. From the 1950s onwards he undertook extensive travels to Southern Europe, Scandinavia, Ethiopia, North Africa, Japan and Southeast Asia. In 1999 Toni Schneiders was awarded the ‘Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie‘ along with Lauterwasser and Reisewitz. (tfa)

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