Rhein Revue

A portrait – 1233 kilometres along the Rhine with the Polaroid camera

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From the source at Lake Toma in Switzerland 2,345 metres above sea level to the mouth at Hoek van Holland.

The beginning
The curiosity
The wide
The counterpart

One place - one Polaroid.

A reflection on time and transience, the irretrievable moment in photography as well as in life.

RheinRevue by Christiane Haid
Double fanfold, uncoated paper
80 pages, 71 Polaroid photographs
Size 16 x 21cm
Limited Edition 250

Photography and conception Christiane Haid
Printed and handmade in Berlin
Self-published
Release date August 2018
ISBN 978-3-00-060172-9

Price 38 Euro (plus shipping)

Available at selected locations along the Rhine, including Homburger & Hepp Konstanz|Sold, Buchladen am Rathausplatz Stein am Rhein, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Kunsthalle Basel, Fondation Beyeler Basel, SchönSchräg Mainz, Weingut Baron Knyphausen Eltville|Sold, Buchhandlung Walther König (Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf)|Sold, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam, Bücherbogen Berlin|Sold and at C/O Berlin|Sold.

"An invitation to a delightful journey indeed – visual, emotional, and intellectual!" The PhotoBook Journal

"A fabulous fold! Good design can impress." PaperSpecs

"Ein Kleinod ..." novum, World of Graphic Design 2/2019"

"Ein ungewöhnliches Format, perfekt, um dem Fluss in Buchform zu folgen." Photo International

Minimalistische Rheinromantik von heute." PAGE 12/2018

An Interview about the book (Only in German)

Presented at Rotterdam Photo Festival,
7 to 10 February 2019 – Rotterdam Deliplein

RheinRevue selected for the photo book exhibition "The best 200 photo books of the year" at Vienna Photo from 21 March to 6 April 2019 www.fotowien.at
Part of OstLicht publicly accessible photo book collection, Vienna

Part of the public library of contemporary photo books at Artphilein de Pietri Foundation, Lugano