Tag: photography
The State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich is planning this in 2024. – Munich
When Dirk Altenkirch accompanied archaeological excavations in Qantir, Egypt, as a photographer in 1983, “Mumkin Sura?” an important sentence for him. In German it means: “May I take a photo…
Claudia Andujar in the Deichtorhallen: The Choir of the Jungle
Portraits of a people fighting for survival: Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen shows Claudia Andujar’s pictures of the Yanomami. source site
Photo art: Jeff Wall exhibition in Riehen near Basel – Culture
He was staging photos long before anyone else was doing it. And he is the great realist among contemporary photographers: Jeff Wall. The Canadian, born in 1946, doesn’t bother with…
Exhibition in the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum: On the brink of nuclear war
In their exhibition “A Bombshell View,” photographer Albert Kapfhammer and cabaret artist Christian Springer recall a time when humanity was facing catastrophe. This feels very timely. source site
Gundula Schulze Eldowy is celebrated in Berlin with two exhibitions – culture
It’s still a bit cold for real dog nights in Berlin, but the city is currently celebrating Gundula Schulze Eldowy days: you can see the woman everywhere at the moment.…
Nature in focus: The most beautiful animal and plant photographs by children – Munich
A yawning vixen, nectar-sipping insects, arguing great spotted woodpeckers – children and young people captured these moments and many more with their cameras. Sometimes as a snapshot with a cell…
Photo exhibition in Berlin: Between splendor and horror
“Chronorama” in Berlin shows images that appeared in Condé Nast’s glossy magazines between 1910 and 1979. They show much more than fashion. source site
Cabaret artist Christian Springer: the briefcase against nuclear radiation – Munich
“People don’t even come here to talk.” It’s a sentence that Christine Eixenberger probably doesn’t often say, as the cabaret artist and actress is the kind of person who is…
Photographer and environmental activist: “Photography is my language” – Sebastião Salgado turns 80
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado has documented the world’s horrors through his lens. He gives voice to often overlooked communities. Now he is also being honored for his life’s work. His eyes…
The Berlin photographer Helga Paris died at the age of 85 – culture
There is a picture that the photographer Helga Paris took in the 1970s that shows Winsstrasse in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg disappearing in the distance into what you could call a thick…