James Nachtwey. Memoria
The retrospective "Memoria" at Fotografiska Berlin opens up spaces, times, and perspectives. James Nachtwey's work showcases four decades of documentary photography – and the question of what it means to bear witness.
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Cuba 1990. On the road
Street photographs from Cuba, taken in 1990 in Camagüey and Playa La Boca. Contemporary historical observations on everyday mobility between scarcity, creativity and community.
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Alaska | Photo reports | History | USA
Adventure Alaska: In the Footsteps of Russia
Until 1867, Alaska belonged to the Tsarist Empire as "Russian America." Even today, more than 150 years after its sale to the United States, numerous Russian traces can be discovered.
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Hammershus. The largest fortress ruin in Northern Europe
Hammershus on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm is the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe. The fortress was built in the early 13th century and was the seat of Danish kings for a long time. Only in aerial photographs do the impressive dimensions of the complex become apparent.
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At the Old Eider Canal
The aesthetics of infrared photography lends the landscape with the preserved lock of the historic Eider Canal in Schleswig-Holstein a magical aura.
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Children's shop Kiel 1970. Update
Published several times and now part of an ARTE film: the photo report “Kinderladen Kiel 1970”. During the research, further, previously unpublished images were discovered.
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Lee Miller at the Bucerius Art Forum
Lee Miller (1907-1977) was one of the most outstanding photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition in the Bucerius Kunst Forum makes her multifaceted life and work visible in its entirety using 150 photos from the period 1929 to 1973.
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Exhibition “Strike!” in the Museum der Arbeit Hamburg
"Strike! Photo stories of labor disputes" is the Museum of Labor's contribution to this year's Triennial of Photography in Hamburg. In collaboration with the photo archive of the Ruhr Museum Essen, the exhibition will examine disputes in the world of work over the last 60 years.
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50 years ago: RAF attack on the Axel Springer high-rise in Hamburg
On May 19, 1972, the "Red Army Faction" carried out a bomb attack on the Axel Springer publishing house in Hamburg. The attack was part of a series of RAF actions in the "bloody May" of 1972.
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A day in Moscow
A day in Moscow in the summer of 1970: encounters with friendly people who pinned their hopes on the beginning of détente between East and West.
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John Heartfield. Photography plus dynamite
The Berlin Academy of Arts is showing the first comprehensive exhibition of the work of John Heartfield (1891-1968), the pioneer of political photomontage.
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Hannah Arendt and the 20th century
The German Historical Museum in Berlin is dedicating a comprehensive special exhibition to the German-American political scientist Hannah Arendt (1906-1975).
