On a winter day, icy cold and in the first morning light,
\nI took my first photograph thirty years ago.
\n\"target\": a shot-up, perforated tin figure,
\nwhich stood in arable furrows. This picture was never published,
\nbut it settled in my memory
\nsolid. As a symbol of violence and death.
\nHerlinde Koelbl, In the Cold Morning Light
\nThis is the start of the photographer, documentary filmmaker and
\nauthor Herlinde Koelbl her essay on a project,
\nwhich she called \"targets\". Around the world she photographed
\nthey are the shooting targets of soldiers who learn to be as efficient
\nas possible, to extinguish life with one shot.
\nShredded cardboard comrades, tinny heads,
\nPlastic body. No gaming, but exercise for the
\nEmergency. Dress rehearsal for the war. Human figures
\nas shooting targets. The exhibition shows the opposite as
\nthreatening object in the shape of a human being, to whom every
\nIndividuality is taken away, as is uniformity.
\nthe fullness of their personalities to the uniformed soldiers.
\nwithdraws. In doing so, photos do not evaluate, but
\nimpressively condense image after image.
\nHerlinde Koelbl thus raises many questions: for instance
\nabout the relationship between power and powerlessness. According to
\nEthics and morality of human action in the face of
\nof killing. After a killing to save life, which is
\none's own and that of others. According to the value of a human life,
\ngiven by God in his individual
\nSpecial feature. This is also reflected in the exhibition
\nin many portraits, which give one the individuality, dignity
\nand preciousness of the life given.
\nDeath and life.
\nWilhelm Warning<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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