Patrick Zachman: Memory trips

14 August 2023 0

A member of the prestigious Magnum agency since 1985, he also does numerous reports outside France. His activity thus leads him to South Africa for the release of Nelson Mandela; in Chile in the footsteps of former political prison camps; in Rwanda from where, six years after the genocide of the Tutsis, he brought back portraits of survivors. It was…

Inge Morath: INGE MORATH HOMMAGE

17 December 2022 0

Kunstfoyer is showing “INGE MORATH HOMAGE” to mark the 100th birthday of the famous Magnum photographer in collaboration with the Inge Morath Estate, curated by Anna-Patricia Kahn and Isabel Siben. Inge Morath (1923–2002) was born in Graz, Austria. Her parents were scientists whose work took them to different laboratories and universities in Europe during her childhood. Educated in French-speaking schools,…

Ragnar Axelsson: Where the world is melting

14 January 2022 0

“A letter to the future: Okjökull is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. It is anticipated that, in the next 200 years, all our glaciers will go the same way. This memorial intends to demonstrate that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know whether we have done it”.…

Bill Brandt

19 September 2021 0

Bill Brandt is considered one of the founders of modern photography, alongside Walker Evans and Cartier-Bresson. Exploring English society, landscape and literature, his images are vital to our understanding of the history of photography and even the British way of life in the mid-20th century. Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt on May 3, 1904, in Hamburg, † December 20,…

Sebastião Salgado: EXODUS

12 November 2020 0

Sebastião Salgado. “EXODUS” is an exhibition that highlights how Salgado urgently campaigned for social justice and peace, and long before he gained wide public acclaim with his project “GENESIS” or the documentary, “The Salt of the Earth” (2014) by Wim Wenders. In the photographic series “EXODUS”, Salgado documents the dark side of the modern age: the ruthless exploitation of nature…

Toni Schneiders: Schaut Her!

10 March 2020 0

Toni Schneiders is one of Germany’s defining photographers. Within the context of the group fotoform and the subjective photography movement, he significantly contributed to the renewal and expansion of the post-1945 avant-garde photographers’ visual language. In his immediate surroundings in the foothills of the Alps and on worldwide trips, Toni Schneiders captured striking moments of reality and life in photographs,…

Sebastião Salgado: GENESIS

22 November 2015 0

Archaic volcanic landscapes, arctic ice masses, meandering river canyons, mountain chains enveloped in mist, primordial rainforests and endless sand dunes – Genesis is a visual homage to the blue planet. In opulent black-and-white photographs, the photographer Sebastião Salgado documents the stunning beauty and rich diversity of intact flora and fauna, as well as indigene peoples. His aesthetically impressive, large format…