Horst Lang’s laconic photographs depict the social and environmental conditions of the Ruhr, Germany’s industrial region, during the 1950s and 60s. With the city of Essen being European Capital of Culture 2010, his book is now available in an unaltered reprint. German text. Schirmer/Mosel. Foreword and text by Andreas Rossmann. 160 pages, 91 duotone plates. Size: 23.5 x 28 cm, softcover with flaps.