Klaus Frahm German, b. 1953
Eros Lunch, Hamburg, 1981
Vintage gelatin silver print
12 x 16 in
30.5 x 40.6 cm
30.5 x 40.6 cm
GRAUZONE – GREY AREA The term ‘Grey Area’ refers to an undefined situation or legally ambiguous zone, and also to the Zone System that Ansel Adams developed for measuring tonal...
GRAUZONE – GREY AREA
The term ‘Grey Area’ refers to an undefined situation or legally ambiguous zone, and also to the Zone System that Ansel Adams developed for measuring tonal ranges in analog black and white photography. Klaus Frahm’s work from Grauzone – Grey Area (1981-1996) explores both of these possibilities. The photographs, made in the tradition of large format film, celebrate the high art of photography through a patient analysis of Frahm's subject, "St. Pauli"; An old quarter of Hamburg commonly connected with the harbor and the red light district along the "Reeperbahn."
The term ‘Grey Area’ refers to an undefined situation or legally ambiguous zone, and also to the Zone System that Ansel Adams developed for measuring tonal ranges in analog black and white photography. Klaus Frahm’s work from Grauzone – Grey Area (1981-1996) explores both of these possibilities. The photographs, made in the tradition of large format film, celebrate the high art of photography through a patient analysis of Frahm's subject, "St. Pauli"; An old quarter of Hamburg commonly connected with the harbor and the red light district along the "Reeperbahn."