WERNER BISCHOF (1916–1954)
Koje Do Island camp, South Korea 1952

Estimate: € 3.000-3.500

Vintage silver print

21,2 x 25,6 cm

Photographer's agency stamp and several handwritten annotations on the reverse

LITERATURE Marco Bischof (ed.), Werner Bischof. Bilder, Zurich 2006, p. 291 (variant cropping). The picture was taken at Koje Do Island camp, where North Korean and Chinese communist troops are interned. Every day is washday at Koje, the shapeless garments hang out to dry on the camps barbed wire fences.

Start price: €1.800