BEAT HIRT - BEAT BY BEAT the artists’ understanding of themselves

the artists’ understanding of themselves and their approach to the photographic medium corresponds to the focus of the publication: presenting creators of art who – within the context of contemporary art – have occupied themselves in diverse ways and intensively with photographic techniques

on the sidelines and yet right in the middle of things

she is the guardian of perfumes displayed in a shop window

but also the dark

Beat attempts to break into the “active” pop business

BEAT HIRT - BEAT BY BEAT the artists’ understanding of themselvesBeat (BEh Aht) Hirt (1939 2024) was Switzerland's first pop journalist. Here are his memories of the sixties. Cheeky, crisp, no sugarcoating. "This book is a mix of memories, reappraised a half century after the musical big bang in Liverpool. The birth of the rock age, as I experienced it as a photographing reporter between Zurich, Paris and London. The awakening of a scene before my eyes and in my ears. Suddenly being right in the middle of it,