“I went to the Danube because I wanted to embrace (face) the unknown,” writes Diana Michener, “I imagined I would create a visual diary.” Die Donau (the Danube) traces Michener’s journey, both physical and spiritual, along the entire course of the Danube, from its source in the Black Forest down the more than 2,800 km of its length, to its mouth at the Black Sea. She captures not only the changing topography of the great river as it carves its way through the landscape, past crumbling castles and sculptures, but also a sense of its past imperial splendor, its history in shaping settlement and trade on its banks and beyond, and—most importantly for the artist—its mystical presence. Just as Michener records reflections on the Danube’s surface, so too does she fix her emotional reflections throughout her travels in short, lyrical texts. Her final approach to the Black Sea took Michener to the Danube Delta where she tenderly photographed fishing families, a reminder that the river, for all its inspirational potency, also remains a source of life and livelihood for many—a deeper facet of “the surprise and strange beauty of the river.”

Introductory price until 31 July 2026: € 150,00
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