COMMON GROUND

Author Sarah James places German postwar photography in the context of Soviet, American, and European photographic developments/ the specific cultural experiences of the Cold War/ and the shifting politics of German identity. By reconsidering the relationship betw een divergent cultures of the pre-war Weimar period and the Cold War era, Common Ground prompts new readings of major figures such a s Bernd and Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, and August Sander, as well as historically neglected figures such as Karl Pawek, Evelyn R ichter, ...[Read more]