Beauty and Decay – Sven Marquardt

by Annekatrin Hendel
  • 2018 IT WORKS! Medien GmbH
  • 2018 IT WORKS! Medien GmbH
  • 2018 IT WORKS! Medien GmbH

    Synopsis

    Sven Marquardt might be the most famous bouncer worldwide. But beside standing in front of the legendary techno club Berghain in Berlin, he is also a well-known and skilled photographer. Long before the Berlin Wall came down, Marquardt portrayed the subcultural East-Berlin scene. His black and white photography illustrates it as voluptuous, laid-back, dirty and existential. Even if shot by daylight, his work is permeated by darkness, ecstasy and night.
    with: Sven Marquardt, Dominique Hollenstein und Robert Paris

    Festivals

    2019 Winner of the Heiner Carow Prize for the promotion of German cinematic arts to a documentary, feature or essay film in the Panorama section of the 69th BERLINALE 2019

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