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Fred Herzog, Color as a Mother Tongue

A self-taught German who arrived in Vancouver at 22 with a Leica and rolls of Kodachrome film, Fred Herzog spent a quarter century working in a kind of chromatic underground, at a time when shooting street photography in color was considered almost a lapse in taste.

May 01, 2026

Friday May 1st, 2026

Summary

A self-taught German who arrived in Vancouver at 22 with a Leica and rolls of Kodachrome film, Fred Herzog spent a quarter century working in a kind of chromatic underground, at a time when shooting street photography in color was considered almost a lapse in taste.

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