Subjective Photography I

COLLECTION DKM

31.01.2014 – 14.04.2014

Peter Keetmann, Trister Bahnhof [Gloomy Station], 1954

Subjective Photography I

In 1951, Otto Steinert organized Subjective Photography: International Exhibition of Modern Photography in Saarbrücken. The title of this first of three exhibitions (1951, 1954, 1958) became the name for an entire style. Steinert saw this new «subjective photography» as a counterpoint to standard-use photographs and documentary photography. The subjective way of seeing was defined as a general prerequisite for creative work and for the use of technical and photographic media. It involved a creative altering of reality via the creative power of the photographer, rather than his or her objective representation of actual events or situations. There were no set limits, either on the technical photographic experiments or in terms of subject matter. The 41 works presented in this exhibition show a first selection from the over 140 works in the comprehensive collection.

Sid Avery, *1918 in Akron (OH, US) – +2002 in Los Angeles (CA, US)
Max Baur, *1898 in Günzburg – +1988 in Aschau
Herbert Bayer, *1900 in Haag am Hausruck (AU) – +1985 in Montecito (CA,US)
Georg Bienek
Harald Boockmann, *1932 in Saarbrücken – +1967 ebd.
Robert Bothner, *1899 Stuttgart – +1967 Stuttgart
Lucien Clergue, *1934 Arles (FR) – lebt in und arbeitet in Arles und New York (US)
Horacio Coppla, *1906 in Buenos Aires (AR) – +2012 ebd.
Manfred Ehrich, *1941 in Königsberg, lebt in Essen
Josef Ehm, *1909 – +1989 (CZ)
Alfred Erhardt, *1901 in Triptis – +1984 Hamburg
Lotte Gentzsch, *1907 – +2003
Arvid Gutschow, *1900 Hamburg – +1967 ebd.
Raoul Hausmann, *1886 in Wien (AU) – +1971 in Limoges (FR)
Klaus Herzog, *1943 in Stuttgart – lebt in Aachen
Marta Hoepffner, *1912 in Pirmasens – 2000 in Lindenberg
Peter Keetman, *1916 in Elberfeld – +2005 in Marquartstein
Lotte Jacobi, *1896 in Thorn, Westpreußen – +1990 in Concord (NH, US)
Gyorgy Kepes, *1906, Lőrinci (HU) – +2001, Cambridge (MA, US)
Hannes Kilian, *1909 in Ludwigshafen am Bodensee – +1999 in Wäschenbeuren
August Kreyenkamp, *1875 Telgte – +1950 Bad Niederbreisig
Wolfgang Kunz
Walter E. Lautenbacher, * 1920 in München – +2000 in Leonberg
Siegfried Lauterwasser, *1913 in Überlingen am Bodensee – +2000 ebd.
Herbert List, *1903 in Hamburg – +1975 in München
Herbert Matter, * 1907 in Engelberg (CH) – +1984 in Southampton (NY, US)
Daniel Masclet, *1892 in Blois (FR) – +1969 in Paris (FR)
Kiyoshi Niiyama, *1911 in Japan – +1969 ebd.
Detleff Orlopp, *1937
Vilém Reichmann, *1908 in Brünn (Tschechien) – +1991 ebd.
Fritz Roger, *1936 in Mannheim
Karl Peters, *1937 – lebt in Düren
Toni Schneiders, *1920 in Urbar – +2006 in Lindau (Bodensee)
Otto Steinert, *1915 in Saarbrücken – +1978 in Essen
Christer Strömholm, *1918 in Stockholm – +2002 ebd.
Franz Thorbecke, * 1922 in Lindau – +2011 ebd.
Minor M. White, *1908 in Minneapolis (MN, US); – +1976 in Boston (MA, US)
Huntington Whitherill, *1949 in Syracuse (NY, US), lebt – Monterey Peninsula (CA, US)
Ludwig Windstosser, *1921 in München – +1983 in Stuttgart