Karl Spiess

10/17/2022

It was interesting to visit the French National Library and find an entry for the Karl Spiess book in their catalogue!

10/30/2019

It is official. The National Gallery of Canada and Canadian Photography Institute have accepted a donation of the Karl Spiess glass negatives, prints and related materials to preserve them for Canadians and future researchers!

08/17/2019

Author of the Karl Spiess book Dietmar Riemann is often interviewed about life in former East Germany. His books document that time. Here is a recent interview (use google translate if your German isn’t Spitze).

Der Mosbacher Fotograf und Autor Dietmar Riemann durfte 1989 aus der DDR ausreisen - Den Weg dahin dokumentierte er heimlich

04/14/2019

Hard to believe this was a year ago!

The archives of the Saxon photographer Karl Spieß (1891-1945) were to be disposed of in a dump in East Germany in 1986. Photographers Dietmar and Marga Riemann managed to save a few hundred of the glass plate negatives. They then smuggled the plates into the west of Germany. This book...

03/06/2019

Very interesting PBS analysis of a famous photo from the same era as the photos of Karl Spiess. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVNhTi9pzM Thanks Myles Mindham and Stephen Bulger for the link!

This photograph of young farmers on their way to a dance was taken in Germany in 1914 by August Sander. Except they weren't farmers. And the dance they were ...

12/28/2018

Very grateful to Stephen Bulger and the Bulger Gallery for distributing the Karl Spiess book in Canada. 50% of the book sales go to the Red Cross. The Red Cross helped Karl Spiess during WW1 and Maria Spiess after WW2. We were happy to present a cheque for $1,000 this year to the Red Cross to help their ongoing humanitarian efforts.

08/05/2018

The Karl Spiess book is now available on both amazon.com and amazon.ca! https://www.amazon.ca/Karl-Spie%C3%9F-1891-1945-Dietmar-Riemann/dp/3954629046/ If you've enjoyed the book, maybe leave a review on the US or Canadian Amazon site! Thanks.

06/02/2018

In what might be the most amazing and important recognition yet of the work of Karl Spiess, the Canadian Photography Institute at the National Gallery of Canada has featured a Karl Spiess image in the introduction of their comprehensive exhibition book "The Extended Moment - 50 years of collecting photographs". www.shopngc.ca/boutique/en/product/new-publications/ithe-extended-moment-i-english-en.html In the hi-res scan of the woman with bicycle and dog image, it is possible to make out the serial number of the bicycle and the brand of tire!

05/31/2018

We are excited that the book (including a version with a limited edition print) is now available online at abebooks.com as well as at the Bulger Gallery. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22861115920

AbeBooks.com: Karl Spieß: 1891–1945, A Saxon Light Artist and His Photographs: Limited Edition Book with a 7 x 9 1/2 inch Pigment print Edition of 20 Two versions, each with one of the prints displayed The archives of the Saxon photographer Karl Spieß (1891-1945) were to be disposed of in a dump ...

05/02/2018

Dietmar will be signing from 1-2 pm...

04/30/2018

Nice to find this article in the Globe and Mail yesterday!

04/23/2018

The book launch and show are done! Here is a video from the event with Dietmar Riemann, Gunild, Lorraine and Carl Spiess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K31lrKFmujY Thank you George Socka for the video.

The story of Karl Spiess, a German photographer in the early 1900's, is told in a new book by Dietmar Riemann, a modern day German photographer and writer. T...