Michael Schmidt – Waffenruhe RVB Books the Netherlands

the Netherlands

We tap into the routines (and peek inside the houses) of human–dog relationships around Tokyo

whose construction and design is impossible upon close inspection

These cars – known locally as ‘gusheshe’ – were often spun in circles both as an expression of skill

Michael Schmidt – Waffenruhe RVB Books the NetherlandsWaffenruhe, a now classic photobook by Michael Schmidt (1945 2014), was first published in 1987 by the Berlin based Dirk Nishen Verlag. It quickly sold out and continues to fetch high prices on the antiquarian book market; it is reprinted here for the first time. The book is Schmidt's portrait of a still divided Berlin: it brings together surprising combinations of high contrast, black and white images to express a generation's dystopian sense of life