Ellen Auerbach est née le 20 mai 1906 à Karlsruhe et est morte le 30 Juillet 2004 à New York. Elle était une célèbre photographe américaine d'origine allemande. Internationalement connue, elle était encore sous son nom de naissance dans les années 1930. Ses œuvres ont été considérées comme une innovation majeure dans le portrait et la photographie commerciale. Les photos ont influencé de nombreux artistes européens et américains.
Exposition Exhibition : « Ellen Auerbach : Classic Works and Collaborations » Exposition Right Through the Very Heart of It Modifier l'image
A revolutionary during the era of Germany’s Weimar Republic, Auerbach, in partnership with friend and fellow photographer Grete Stern, broke into the male-dominated field with the collaborative advertising studio “ringl + pit” during the early 1930s. Trained under Walter Peterhans of the Bauhaus school and part of the later-named New Vision movement, Stern and Auerbach as ringl + pit hovered between genres, playing with montage and elements of surrealism to blend commercial intent with fine-art aesthetics. Exemplary works by the duo include the celebrated Pétrole Hahn, 1931, in which a doll’s head is substituted for a model’s to shrewdly disrupt the traditional advertisement pose for cosmetics at the time. This satirical recasting of objects for objectified female figures carries thro...
Right Through the Very Heart of It contrasts the icons and idiosyncrasies of New York, from the "vagabond shoes" to the "top of the heap," captured by some of the greatest photographers to roam these concrete streets.
Many of the medium's greatest innovators have made their name photographing the denizens and architecture that define our dear city. But such a diverse environment necessitates representing the grit as much as the glamour. In particular the exhibition will highlight sweeping vistas, architectural studies, street photography and street portraiture....