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Pharmaceutical Ad Design by Hans Jürgen Rau

The Design and Photography of Hans Jürgen Rau by Hans Kuh, 1962

In Rau’s case, the combination of graphic design and photo produces a particularly positive result, since he uses the photo not so much as an object of representation but rather as a suggestive means of expression.

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