Photographer unknown: Alicia Gracia, 1947 © Bogomir Ecker.
Kunstbibliothek Sammlung Fotografie - Museum für Fotografie Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz Matthäikirchplatz 6, 10785 Berlin Allemagne
For many years, the artist Bogomir Ecker has been collecting historic photographs with an unconventional, artistic eye: from 19th-century landscape photos from all over the world to classic 20th-century press and sensational photography from the USA. He uses the images not only sometimes directly for his artistic work, but also as a source of inspiration for sculptures. A monumental sculpture by Ecker in the Emperor's hall of the Museum of Photography is therefore the focal point which will be surrounded by a display of photographs on the subjects of idylls and disasters.
The collection offers a look at images of technology, the experimental apparatus of science, and at idylls of nature, natural disasters, violence and destruction. They present views of the monstrous quality of objects and of urban scenes of danger and subtle menace.
