Riding on the edge. The daredevil life of the Wall of Death drivers in the motordrome.
Donald Ganslmeier and his colleagues on the Wall of Death of the motordrome are amongst the last of their kind. Their art is threatened with extinction. The photographer Florian Holzherr has created a powerful memorial to the action-packed life around the boards that signify the world. His black-and-white photos of the daredevil motorcyclists and the accompanying texts show the myth of the Wall of Death in a fascinating new way.
For several years the Munich photographer Florian Holzherr accompanied the steep-wall motorcyclists around Donald Ganslmeier with his analogue camera while setting up the Wall of Death and riding and then dismantling it again, and then in their lives on the road. The result is images which show the story of an artistry that is threatened with extinction. In impressive, unfiltered black-and-white pictorial language accompanied by powerful texts, the volume enables the reader to learn of the fascination and passion, and also of the risk, as it provides an insight into the lives of the artists beyond the show.
By:
Florian Holzherr, Florian Dering Imprint: Hirmer Verlag Country of Publication: Germany Dimensions:
Height: 330mm,
Width: 220mm,
Weight: 1.500kg ISBN:9783777441849 ISBN 10: 3777441848 Pages: 176 Publication Date:30 April 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Florian Holzherr (b. 1970) lives and works in Munich as a photographer and documenter of architecture and art.