August Kotzsch (1836–1910), one of the early masters of German photography, offers a historical counterpart to Simone Nieweg. He takes us with him on his rambles through nature in his home region of Loschwitz near Dresden. Landscape scenes, garden corners, still lifes, and the fruits of his own harvest, but also houses and farms, were his preferred motifs. Depicting in loving detail, these cherished views paint an at once realistic and romantic picture of his surroundings. A self-taught photographer and son of a winemaker, Kotzsch used a complex process to produce his photographs. He made his negatives using the wet collodion process, and his prints on albumen paper. Thanks to this method, his images shimmer in iridescent sepia tones.
The works on loan come from the estate of August Kotzsch in cooperation with KICKEN BERLIN. They are complemented by exhibits from the in-house collection.
August Kotzsch
Nature, Landscape, Genre
8 September 2023 – 21 January 2024
Die Photographische Sammlung
Im Mediapark 7
50670 Köln
www.photographie-sk-kultur.de
August Kotzsch: Fingerhutstaude, ca. 1870 © Public Domain / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
August Kotzsch: Kornpuppe, um 1865, gemeinfrei
August Kotzsch: Edelkastanie, ca. 1865 © Public Domain / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
August Kotzsch: Kürbis am Holzstoß beim Kotzsch-Haus, nach 1860 © gemeinfrei / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
