Werner Gräff – Es kommt der neue Fotograf! [Here Comes the New Photographer!]. First Edition, 1929. New Photography, Bauhaus.

Gräff, Werner. Es kommt der neue Fotograf! [Here Comes the New Photographer!]. Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, 1929. First edition. 4to. 126 pp. Original orange cloth hardcover with striking blue typography. Without dust jacket. Light wear to covers and extremities. Former bookseller’s label on rear pastedown.An important publication of the New Photography movement (Neues Sehen) by Werner Gräff (1901–1978), German artist, photographer, and member of the avant-garde. Published in 1929, the book advocates a radical departure from conventional photographic practice, emphasizing unusual perspectives, dramatic cropping, close-ups, experimental lighting, and photomontage.Richly illustrated with experimental photographs and photomontages by leading contemporary photographers and artists, including Umbo (Otto Umbehr), John Heartfield, Willi Baumeister, and Herbert Bayer. A significant document of interwar photographic modernism, reflecting the experimental spirit of the Bauhaus and the international avant-garde. Original publisher's cloth binding. An important and increasingly sought-after work on modern photography.