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"This monograph 'Verteilter Augenblick / Lingering Moment' on the work of Hansgert LAMBERS (1937-2024) contains his street photography from seven decades, which he took in Barcelona, Berlin/GDR and West Berlin, Bologna, London, Ostrava, Paris and Prague. His interest in people, characterized by humanism and curiosity, is palpable. Happiness, eroticism, sadness and the hardships of life can be found in his work as states of existence belonging to the human condition. Whether his photographs capture the discrepancy between the anonymity of huge housing estates and the solitary presence of a child at play or the intimate happiness in a rather inhospitable environment in Ostrava in the former ČSSR - his pictures tell stories that unfold in the minds of the viewers. Hansgert Lambers has never dedicated himself professionally to photography. Although he photographed for most of his life, his work is still to be discovered by many. Lambers describes himself as a 'lover of photography' and is dedicated to it not only as a photographer, but also as a publisher (ex pose verlag) and reviewer." (© Fotohof, 2022)