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Walter Schels 
Wolfgang Kotzahn 
[Life Before Death] 
2004, 4 February (after) 
  
Black and white print 
Provided by the artist - Walter Schels 
 
LL/28949 
  
age: 57
 
born: 19th January 1947
 
first portrait taken:15th January 2004
 
died: 4th February 2004
 
There are colourful tulips brightening up the night table. The nurse has prepared a tray with champagne glasses and a cake. It's Wolfgang Kotzahn's birthday today. "I'll be 57 today. I never thought of myself growing old, but nor did I ever think I'd die when I was still so young. But death strikes at any age."
 
Six months ago the reclusive accountant had been stunned by the diagnosis: bronchial carcinoma, inoperable. "It came as a real shock. I had never contemplated death at all, only life," says Herr Kotzahn. "I'm surprised that I have come to terms with it fairly easily. Now I'm lying here waiting to die. But each day that I have I savour, experiencing life to the full. I never paid any attention to clouds before. Now I see everything from a totally different perspective: every cloud outside my window, every flower in the vase. Suddenly, everything matters." 
 

 
  
 
  
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