The moment is mine, wrote Andreas Gryphius in the 17th century. Where are we going? Always home, knew Novalis, the poet of the Hymns to the Night.

Matthias Buth and Wolf Birke bridge the gap between these two poles, combining poetry and prose with photographic art in their book ‘Im Augenblick’. A total work of art that breathes and makes music. Where to turn? More to the text, more to the image? One perceives both at the same time. On 160 pages, a book of art and poetry of the highest calibre has been created.

Based in Wuppertal, where both went to school, it opens up a view of the world that takes you away.

Only the moment belongs to us completely.

And this is home: for a time and yet again and again.

Further Information

Authors: Matthias Buth

Wolf Birke