As an author and curator, the photo historian Hans-Michael Koetzle draws on countless personal encounters and extensive conversations with the great personalities of photography, as well as on meticulous archival research. He always keeps an eye on the contemporary historical background and cultural-historical context. His books, such as Eyes on Paris – Paris im Fotobuch 1890 bis heute and Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography, have long been standard works. In the present volume, Koetzle’s essays and interviews, published in various places over the course of four decades, are systematically catalogued for the first time, thus unearthing a treasure trove of photohistorical knowledge. Hans-Michael Koetzle, whose primary concern in addition to curating has always been writing about photography, opens up for us the history and present of photography as a multifaceted medium in transition.

Interviews with and essays about: Ellen Auerbach, Bruno Barbey, Alexey Brodovitch, René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, William Eggleston, Willy Fleckhaus, Peter Galassi, F. C. Gundlach, Ernst Haas, Fred Herzog, Michael Horbach, André Kertész, Klaus Kinold, Saul Leiter, Alexander Liberman, Herbert List, Martin Parr, Paolo Roversi, Wim Wenders et al.