Deutsches Historisches Museum

Herlinde Koelbl: Angela Merkel. Portraits 1991–2021

Herlinde Koelbl: Angela Merkel. Portraits 1991–2021

When Angela Merkel’s tenure as German chancellor came to a close in autumn 2021, it also marked the end of a project for Herlinde Koelbl that is without parallel in her own or any other photographer’s oeuvre. For three decades, the artist took, at regular intervals, the portrait of someone who became one of the most powerful politicians in the…