Axel Hoedt - Once a Year Fotobuch

Axel Hoedt - Once a Year FotobuchSteidl 2013 It is carnival in south western Germany: On the streets of Endingen and Sachsenheim, Kissleg and Singen, Wilfingen and Triberg, the elaborate and lavish costumes of the Swabian Alemannic tradition are paraded. The fashion and portrait photographer Axel Hoedt from the area of Breisgau in Germany shows the carnival revellers and their disguises beyond established clichs and radically breaks with carnival iconography. No breath taking

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