The catalog of the retrospective of the Berlin based photographer Michael Schmidt (1945-2014) presents the development of the artistic process of his work. The groups of works are represented by a selection of works. Numerous images of working material as work prints or book dummies as well as archival material as invitation cards, posters and exhibition views give further information about the work of Michael Schmidt on his book and exhibition projects. The essays of Ute Eskildsen, Janos Frecot, Peter Galassi, Heinz Liesbrock and Thomas Weski are texts of curators, who worked closely with the artist on various projects during his lifetime. This book is the first survey publication which shows the complete work of Michael Schmidt.