Abisag Tüllmann is one of the most important German photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. Since 1958, her photographs appeared in all major newspapers and periodicals and were also displayed in books and exhibitions. As a photojournalist and theatre photographer she maintained a close focus on the political, social and aesthetic-artistic changes of her times. Topics such as social marginalisation, homelessness and the vulnerability of human existence always remained at the centre of her strong commitment as an individual and photographer.

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Two exhibitions at the National Museums in Berlin honour the life and work of the diplomat, archaeologist and ethnologist Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946): From 28 January to 14 August 2011, the Museum of the Ancient Near East presents at the Pergamon Museum the archaeological finds from Tell Halaf, a 3,000 year old princely residence in North-eastern Syria now reconstructed from ruins. The Museum for Photography features for the first time the unique photography collection of Max von Oppenheim in an exhibition.

Max von Oppenheim’s photography collection survived the Second World War under dramatic circumstances and ...

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The Art Library is reopening its newly reconstructed Kaisersaal (Emperor's Hall) at the Museum of Photography with a show of hidden treasures of architectural photography from the collections of the National Museums. Nearly all of the individual museums have acquired since some 150 years photographs. The genre of architectural photography is especially prominent represented. It was collected for the purpose of documenting ethnological and archeological expeditions, to archive architectural monuments or as an art form in its own right. An impressive panorama of the most diverse architectural motifs unfolds, ranging from the beginnings of ph...

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Heinz Hajek-Halke: Form from Light and Shadow

With his collages and experiments, his nude studies and advertising photographs, Heinz Hajek-Halke belongs to the big names among the pioneers of photography in the 1920s and early 1930s in Germany. His 'combi-photographs' innovatively combined photographs with text and graphic elements. A trained graphic designer, Hajek-Halke had his experimental photographs published in the leading glossies and magazines of the Weimar Republic. In addition, he designed book covers and adverts.

In 1934, he retired to the Lake Constance region, working as a photographer of insects...

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