Video interview with The Wende Museum, 2022
Interview
Volkskrant interview, June 3, 2022
As If It Were Over
“I once shared the optimism of my generation that we would never become directly involved in a war, at least not where we live. Now I think: here we go again.”
Article (Dutch/English)
Kathy Ryan (The New York Times Magazine)
“A terrific book. Surreal. The pictures are straight out of Dr. Strangelove.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Hallucinating images of a bygone era.”
“One of Roemers’ most bizarre photographs shows a gynaecologist’s examination chair in the former Soviet military hospital in Jüterbog. The chair has been overturned, its metal supports, where patients once placed their legs, jut upwards like instruments of torture.”
Article (German/English)
Conscientious, Joerg Colberg
“Relics of the Cold War feels like an archeological study.”
Article
Rijksmuseum: Modern Times
Article
National Geographic: Visions of Earth
Article
A critical curation off 100 essential photos
by Gemma Padley, Ivy Press
“How do you photograph the aftermath of a conflict that never happened? This is the area of enquiry that Martin Roemers tackles in his epic project, Relics of the Cold War.”
Article
1001 Photographs You Must See In Your Lifetime
Bunker in the Baltic Sea
by Paul Lowe, Universe Publishing
Article
Interview on Dutch Public Radio, Spraakmakers, Radio 1
Interview
Interview on German Public TV
Artour TV, MDR. Portrait of Photographer Martin Roemers
Museumsmagazin
“The Cold War was part of my life”
Article (German)
German Historical Museum
Video interview (English/German)
NRC Handelsblad
“An impressive exhibition”
Article (Dutch)
Deutsche Welle
“A Disneyland of the Cold War’: How Martin Roemers photographed the war that never happened”
Article
Photo District News, New York
Notable Photo Books
“His images make areas of both East and West Germany look like manufacturing towns that have been abandoned as the industry supporting them fell apart or relocated.”
Article
El Pais Semanal
Restos de una guerra muy fria
Article
Nadine Barth
Introduction from the book ‘Relics of the Cold War’
Archeology of Deterrence.
“An archeologist investigates. He investigates a specific epoch, cultural contexts, or the human activities of a given period. Based on his findings he is able to make statements about the daily life, the culture, or the existence of our ancestors. Thus, Martin Roemers is an archeologist.”
Article
Martin Roemers
Introduction from the book ‘Relics of the Cold War’
Same Defenses, Same Fears
Article