Advancing Horizons is a monograph featuring around sixty of Hans—Georg Esch's panoramic photographs of cityscapes, skylines and vistas from around the world. Printed across double pages to the highest quality possible, and including reproductions of select details from these photographs, this majestic publication presents Hans—Georg Esch's peerless approach to the panorama. Accompanying the photographic plates are an introduction to Hans—Georg Esch's photography and three essays, with illustrations, contextualising the panorama in the history of art, and providing a commentary on the history of cities.
Hans—Georg Esch (born 1964 in Neuwied, Germany) is a renowned architectural photographer and videographer with an international clientele. Widely exhibited in Europe, the U.S.A., and Asia, he is the subject of 24 books. Hans—Georg Esch is supported by Leica Camera for his artistic work.
Karin Rehn—Kaufmann is the Director at Leica Galleries.
Oliver Bennett is the author of Home Grown (2007), and a contributor to Creative Review, Design Week, The Independent, and The Twentieth Century Society.
Michael Collins is an artist and writer. He is Visiting Professor of Photography at the University of Suffolk, and writes for Granta, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
Wolfgang Filser is a Professor of Archaeology at the Winckelmann Institute, Humboldt University in Berlin.
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