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Köln : Miron Zownir, Poet of Radical Photography

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Today, Cologne-based Hardhitta Gallery is opening a new solo show by German photographer Miron Zownir. Famous for his images taken in western metropoles such as Berlin, London, and New York, and in post-communist Eastern Europe, Zownir has been regarded as one of the most radical contemporary photographers for more than 30 years.

Zownir’s photographs often depict social outcasts: drug addicts, the homeless, and prostitutes. It is said that Zownir continues where Weegee and Diane Arbus left off. His powerful black & white images draw attention to those who are often overlooked, shunned, or forgotten. Through his unadorned visual language addressing taboo-breaking and socially critical issues, Zownir has become an informal ambassador of marginalized communities.
His photographs, taken exclusively with an analogue camera on Kodak Tri-X 400 film since the 1970s, document moments of displacement, destruction, and intimacy.

EXHIBITION
Poet of Radical Photography
Miron Zownir
From 2 April to 11 June 2016
Hardhitta Gallery at Taschen Publishers
Hohenzollernring 53
50672 Köln
Germany
http://www.hardhittagallery.com
http://www.mironzownir.com

UPCOMING EXHIBITION
New York 1980s series in part of group exhibition
Miron Zownir
From May 5th to August 7th, 2016
The Hamburger Deichtorhallen
Deichtorstraße 1
20095 Hamburg
Germany
http://www.deichtorhallen.de

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