Ruth Walz

• First complete monograph • Gorgeous theater photography • Famous actors and productions up close

The decisive moment is what counts, said the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. For more than half-a-century, the theater photographer Ruth Walz schooled her eye to capture fleeting moments on stage so that they still grip us today. In doing so, she gives us exciting after-images of irretrievably lost theatrical productions. She provided audiences of the time with matchless memories and new insights; anyone looking at her pictures today undergoes a journey into the fascinating world of the theater. After working for around fifteen years as a photographer for the Schaubühne in Berlin, she spent the ensuing years accompanying directors, set designers, and actors on their paths through European theater and opera. Her precise gaze and her curiosity about the art of the stage remain undiminished to this day. This illustrated volume with texts by Gerhard Stadelmaier, Niklas Maak, and other authors, as well as interviews with Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars, is a companion to the extensive exhibition of her photographs at the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin.

RUTH WALZ (*1941); 19761990 photographer for the Schaubühne Berlin; since 1991 photographer for the Salzburg Festival; freelance theater photographer until today; has collaborated with Luc Bondy, Klaus Michael Grüber, Pierre Audi, Peter Sellars, Peter Stein, Robert Wilson, and others.

»Apropos Bruno Ganz. Der vor zwei Jahren verstorbene Theater- und Filmschauspieler der Extraklasse war gut vierzig Jahre lang der Lebenspartner von Ruth Walz. Für ihn dem auch das großartige Katalog-Buch im Berliner Hatje Cantz Verlag, ediert von Thomas Ladenburger und Hanns Zischler, gewidmet ist hat die Ausstellung im Museum für Fotografie einen besonderen Raum.«

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RUTH WALZ (*1941); 19761990 photographer for the Schaubühne Berlin; since 1991 photographer for the Salzburg Festival; freelance theater photographer until today; has collaborated with Luc Bondy, Klaus Michael Grüber, Pierre Audi, Peter Sellars, Peter Stein, Robert Wilson, and others.

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The "decisive moment" is what counts, said the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. For more than half-a-century, the theater photographer Ruth Walz schooled her eye to capture fleeting moments on stage so that they still grip us today. In doing so, she gives us exciting after-images of irretrievably lost theatrical productions. She provided audiences of the time with matchless memories and new insights; anyone looking at her pictures today undergoes a journey into the fascinating world of the theater. After working for around fifteen years as a photographer for the Schaubühne in Berlin, she spent the ensuing years accompanying directors, set designers, and actors on their paths through European theater and opera. Her precise gaze and her curiosity about the art of the stage remain undiminished to this day. This illustrated volume with texts by Gerhard Stadelmaier, Niklas Maak, and other authors, as well as interviews with Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars, is a companion to the extensive exhibition of her photographs at the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin.

RUTH WALZ (*1941); 1976-1990 photographer for the Schaubühne Berlin; since 1991 photographer for the Salzburg Festival; freelance theater photographer until today; has collaborated with Luc Bondy, Klaus Michael Grüber, Pierre Audi, Peter Sellars, Peter Stein, Robert Wilson, and others.