which do not fit into the cycle but whichwere
selected for publishing by Labuda and signed
by him.
In 1998, Labuda began a collaborationwith
his daughter, the art historian Nadja Labuda
(19). To date, she has written four essays on
the artistic work of her father (see biography).
gave his friends one of his prints as an annual
gift. By now, hewas taking photographs in
India, Japan and the United States.
In 1978, Labuda chose the town of Bad
Schwartau near Lübeck as his new domicile.
He bought a large piece of property on Hin-
denburgstrassewhichwould not only provide
living space but also a generously proporti-
oned artist’s studio. As pointed out above,
he had acquired a Zeiss Microscope, model
Ultraphot 3 (4) for business purposes; now
he oftenworked as a scientific photographer
in the fields of textile technology and surface
cleanness. From his base in Lübeck, hemade
several trips to Ireland, Israel and Venice du-
ringwhich he photographedmainly people and
landscapes, but also cities.
In 1983, he began photographing his series
„Images and Signs“ in Paris.
In 1990, Win Labuda got married for the third
time, to the Japanese pianist Yuko Hashishiba;
from then on theywent on all photographic
expeditions together. (16) During the course
of the years, Mrs. Labuda developed into a
respectedmicro-photographer in the field of
electronmicroscopy.
In 2003, Labuda beganworking on his photo
series „Home of the Gods“, which he dedica-
ted to themonuments of Europeanmegalith-
culture. In 2005, he decided to combine his
photographic series into one cycle; he gave it
the title Journey to the Beginning of Time.
The cycle touches on symbolic images of earth
and human history. It depicts a symbolic jour-
ney back over several stations, startingwith
the present age until the beginning of time.
Today, this cycle consists of four series:
People Today
Pictures of People
Pictures and Signs
Wall Pictures
Home of the Gods
Stone Age Architectures
Beginning of Time
The Earth in Its Primordial State
In addition to this cycle, there is a collection
named FotoVaria. It consists of photographs
BIOGRAPHY
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Fig. 17
Win Labuda, Strip of Tideland, Cloud. Photo-
graphy (2006)
Fig. 18
Win Labuda, Devil’s Fen. Photo screenprint
(1978)
