Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Anton Gottlob

Gottlob is a German photographer from Cologne.  He works mainly with portraits, some documentary and some constructed.  The series I'm most interested in is called, "Work & Travel," which is a series of photographs of "Liebesmobilen" or "Love Mobiles" in Cologne, Germany.  There is apparently a big business of traveling prostitutes there, and they ride around in these trailers, assumingly conducting their work there as well.  The series has only a small artist statement, saying, "Für viele Menschen seien sie ein Symbol von Freiheit und Mobilität. Für Gottlob-Schoenenberg sind diese Liebesmobile ein Symbol von Verlorenheit." which basically means, "For a lot of people, [trailers] are a symbol of freedom and mobility.  These love trailers are a symbol of forlornness."


http://www.bildwerk3.de/2015/03/24/duestere-und-trostlose-fotografien-von-wohnanhaengern-in-denen-prostituierte-ihrer-arbeit-nachgehen/

http://www.antongottlob.com/

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