| Joerg
Otto Meier
ST.
PAULI |
St. Pauli Portraits |
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| DEUTSCHES ALLGEMEINES SONNTAGSBLATT »Meier achieves with his pictures what others have often tried to do with words: he demolishes the myth of St. Pauli about which prejudices abound ... (His work is) in the best tradition of German portrait photography, which August Sander (1876-1964) called “the photography of incorruptibility ”. But where Sander was often unsympathetic, Meier remains discrete. Meier does not expose people, he characterises ... them, even where there is no accompanying text, he gives his photos a social dimension and makes an effort to throw light on his subjects.« |
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| STERN TV MAGAZIN »As a matter of principle, Meier only publishes photos which the subjects themselves liked. That’s what makes looking at these pictures so pleasant: nobody is exposed ... there are no victims.« |
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| KIELER NACHRICHTEN »Despite the brilliance of Meier’s photos, it is the spoken self-portraits which really bring the human subjects into focus ... Lots of true little tales, both fantastic and salutary, for through them the reader too will discover what the author experienced during his conversations: they give the lie to prejudices.« |
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| LANDESZEITUNG FÜR DIE LÜNEBURGER HEIDE »A book which rings true and which is at times more exciting than a novel. This portrait tells it like it really is.« |
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| DER SPIEGEL »The reader senses the photographer’s genuine interest in his subjects and gets an idea of why the inhabitants of St. Pauli feel so at home in their ill-reputed district.« |
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