Publication: Andreas Gehrke's ghostly photographs of dormant modernist buildings

Date
8 January 2014

There’s something peculiarly haunting about abandoned buildings, particularly when they were once inhabited as the headquarters of sprawling corporate organisations. It’s this strange ghostliness that German photographer Andreas Gehrke like to play on. He has spent years photographing the now dormant modernist headquarters of companies such as IBM, German newspaper Der Spiegel and department store Quelle Versand, which he describes as “playing a significant role in shaping the political, social and economic face of post-war Germany.” His oddly beautiful images have now been compiled into lovely, simple publications, published by Drittel Book, and they’re a real treat.

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Andreas Gehrke: Der Spiegel, IBM, Quelle Versand

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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