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German photographer Joachim Brohm (1955-) presents "Typology 1979," a collection of works by the German photographer Joachim Brohm. Blohm, who first gained attention in the early 1980s as one of Europe's earliest color photographers capturing everyday scenes, is known for his quiet observations of urban cultural landscapes and traces of human life. This book compiles his earliest series, created in 1979, documenting 35 photographs of sheds built on family gardens in Germany's Ruhr region. These buildings, a mix of sheds, greenhouses, and small villa-like structures, each have their own unique appearance due to repeated extensions and renovations, revealing the unique traces of human life. While the title "Typology" references the typological photographs of the Bechers, Blohm also portrays the individuality of everyday architecture through the soft observation of color photography. These are important early works that were developed under the influence of American new color photography, particularly that of William Eggleston and Robert Adams, and represent the starting point of the artist's later collaborative projects with Alec Soth.