Since she began collecting in the 1960s, Ingvild Goetz has been assembling one of the most impressive photography collections in Europe, now housed in an extraordinary museum building designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. Goetz has consistently loaned works to promote a wider public reception. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Villa Stuck in Munich, Street Life and Home Stories features the work of 25 artists from the collection who transform city streets and domestic environments into staged scenarios. The world-renowned artists in this volume include Francis Alÿs, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Stan Douglas, William Eggleston, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Ed van der Elsken, Walker Evans, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Nan Goldin, Paul Graham, Evelyn Hofer, Candida Höfer, Sarah Jones, Steve McQueen, Robin Rhode, Daniela Rossell, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Wall and Tobias Zielony.
