Anders Petersen

An introduction to the renowned Swedish photographer Anders Petersen, featuring 63 of his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs. Anders Petersen (b. 1944) is perhaps best known for his book Café Lehmitz , which was first published in 1978 and is now recognized as one of the classics of post-war European photography. In it, he captured a time and place now long gone – a bar on Hamburg’s Reeperbahn teeming with prostitutes, dropouts and the fringe elements that went to make up a warm-hearted family of non-conformists with whom he identified and felt totally at home. In 1970, he co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of photographers, and has since gone on taking photographs in his own unique fashion, following the rhythms of his own life. This title in Thames & Hudson's renowned Photofile series features 63 of Petersen's most renowned images. The Photofile Series Photofile brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers in an attractive, accessible, pocket-sized format. Handsome and collectable, the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains over sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography.

An introduction to the renowned Swedish photographer Anders Petersen, featuring 63 of his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs. Anders Petersen (b. 1944) is perhaps best known for his book Café Lehmitz , which was first published in 1978 and is now recognized as one of the classics of post-war European photography. In it, he captured a time and place now long gone – a bar on Hamburg’s Reeperbahn teeming with prostitutes, dropouts and the fringe elements that went to make up a warm-hearted family of non-conformists with whom he identified and felt totally at home. In 1970, he co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of photographers, and has since gone on taking photographs in his own unique fashion, following the rhythms of his own life. This title in Thames & Hudson's renowned Photofile series features 63 of Petersen's most renowned images. The Photofile Series Photofile brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers in an attractive, accessible, pocket-sized format. Handsome and collectable, the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains over sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography.