Werkstatt Für Photographie 1976-1986

ISBN-13: 9783960980438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Inca Schube;Christine Frisinghelli;Felix Hoffmann

Opis

This is the first book on the history, influences and impact of the Werkstatt fur Photography (Photography Workshop), founded by the Berlin photographer Michael Schmidt at the Volkshochschule Kreuzberg in 1976. In the midst of the Cold War, the Werkstatt initiated a democratic field of experimentation beyond the pale of traditional vocational and political-institutional standards. Those same years witnessed the establishment of infrastructures in West Germany that paved the way for the emancipation of photography as an art form: Documenta 6 (1977), the first photo galleries and photography journals and a number of pathbreaking exhibitions. Berlin, Hanover and Essen played important roles in that process. This book presents the story of German photography in the 1970s and '80s, its international ties, its protagonists and its networks.

O autorze

Thomas Weski, geboren 1953; Fotografenlehre; Studium der Visuellen Kommunikation in Kassel; 1987 - 1992 Kurator beim Siemens Kulturprogramm, München; 1993 - 2000 Kurator für Fotografie und Medien am Sprengel Museum Hannover; 2000 - 2003 Hauptkurator Museum Ludwig, Köln; seit 2003 Ausstellungsleiter Haus der Kunst, München. Zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen im Bereich der zeitgenössischen Fotografie.