By one of the most legendary Swedish photographers Anders Petersen exhibition "Color Lehmitz" is intimate and honest series of photographs from the 1960s put Petersen on the map among Europe's most recognised photographers.

Café Lehmitz was located in the same street with several dozens of brothels open around the clock in a place that never slept. This area was a meeting point, where many different fates congregated: sailors, dock workers, neighbourhood residents, prostitutes, young drifters, or aging people trying to hold on to some kind of vigour. This was a place, where everyone, regardless of their life choices or background, could feel they belonged. The 23-year-old Petersen was welcomed with open arms.

The photographs displayed at "Color Lehmitz" were taken in the port area of Hamburg in the end of the 1960s. In a place where the 23-year-old future photographer found the kind of "authentic" atmosphere he had yearned for. Café Lehmitz was located in the same street with several dozens of brothels open around the clock in a place that never slept. This area was a meeting point, where many different fates congregated: sailors, dock workers, neighbourhood residents, prostitutes, young drifters, or aging people trying to hold on to some kind of vigour. This was a place, where everyone, regardless of their life choices or background, could feel they belonged. The 23-year-old Petersen was welcomed with open arms.