{"product_id":"cafe-lehmitz-anders-petersen-1985","title":"Café Lehmitz (Signed Pocket Edition) — Anders Petersen, 1985","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eThis signed pocket edition of \u003cem data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eCafé Lehmitz\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1985 by Schirmer\/Mosel, is Anders Petersen’s own preferred version of his most iconic book. Originally released in 1978, \u003cem data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"327\"\u003eCafé Lehmitz\u003c\/em\u003e launched Petersen’s career and redefined the language of documentary photography. Shot in a working-class bar on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg between 1968 and 1970, the work is a raw, affectionate portrait of a place where rules collapse: sex workers, drunks, lovers, loners — all held in the same intimate frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"1232\"\u003ePetersen doesn’t observe from a distance. He drinks, touches, stays the night. The images are grainy, close, messy, full of flash and emotion. There is no moral hierarchy, only physical proximity and shared time. What makes \u003cem data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"878\"\u003eCafé Lehmitz\u003c\/em\u003e endure is its lack of performance — the trust is real, and the camera feels like part of the furniture. It’s a book that changed the terms for later photographers like Nan Goldin or Antoine d’Agata, proving that documentary could be personal, chaotic, and brutally tender. A cornerstone of postwar European photography, still unmatched in its sincerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1594\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1252\"\u003eTitle: Café Lehmitz (Signed Pocket Edition)\u003cbr data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1298\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Anders Petersen\u003cbr data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1333\"\u003eDate: 1985 edition (originally 1978)\u003cbr data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1372\"\u003eEdition: Signed\u003cbr data-start=\"1387\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset\u003cbr data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1428\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Softcover\u003cbr data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1460\"\u003eDimensions (cm): Approx. 12 × 18\u003cbr data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1495\"\u003eLanguage: German\u003cbr data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003ePages: Approx. 120\u003cbr data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1535\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Schirmer\/Mosel\u003cbr data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1572\"\u003eCondition: Very good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776958202194,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_2.jpg?v=1770110366","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/cafe-lehmitz-anders-petersen-1985","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}