This monograph provides the first extensive overview of the photographic work of Bernhard Prinz. At the center of his work is the portrait, which he has often presented alongside sculptural arrangements. He explores the mass medium of photography with metaphors and allegories, examines stylistic forms and uses the medium in a complex game. Bernhard Prinz, born in Fürth, Germany, in 1953, studied art history in Erlangen and fine arts in Nürnberg and Hamburg. From 1997 to 2004 Prinz taught at the University of Essen. Today he holds a chair in Experimental Photography at the Art Academy in Kassel.

Im Atelier d?Oras traten die Größen der Kunst- und Modewelt, der Politik und des Glamour des 20. Jahrhunderts vor die Kamera. Der erste Maler, den sie fotografierte, war 1908 Gustav Klimt, der letzte war 1956 Pablo Picasso. Die Familie Rothschild fand sich ebenso ein wie Coco Chanel oder Josephine Baker, Marc Chagall oder Maurice Chevalier. 0Vom Ruhm einer erfolgreichen Modefotografin in Wien und Paris war es jedoch nur ein Schritt zur Mittellosigkeit einer entrechteten Jüdin im Versteck vor der Verfolgung durch deutsche Besatzungssoldaten in Frankreich. Gerade noch davongekommen, richtete die Gesellschaftsporträtistin nach 1945 ihren zugleich scharfen und einfühlsamen Blick auch auf namenlose Heimkehrer aus Konzentrationslagern und auf das Schlachtvieh der Pariser Hallen. Dora Kallmus? Porträts erzählen eindrucksvoll von den schillernden Höhen und grausamen Tiefen des 20. Jahrhunderts ? von verrückten Avantgardekünstlern bis hin zu ausgemergelten Flüchtlingen und Überlebenden des Holocaust.

Hans Hansen's Analog Project, which the artist has been engaged with since the 1990s, comprises a more or less complete document of all the equipment, utensils, and materials that he has needed and accumulated over his many years as a photographer making analogue prints. Is this collection an evidential record of a world-or rather a photographic practice-documented before it disappears, perhaps for good? Does it address a time of upheaval, in which digital media have begun to dominate the world? Would we use the terminology of crisis and catastrophe to describe this revolution, which is akin to the turmoil that photography once brought about? And what kind of archive is being created in the process? (Reinhard Braun) Hans Hansen, b. 1940 in Bielefeld, completed a training as a lithographer before going on to study applied graphics at the Kunstakademie Dü sseldorf. In 1962 he became a freelance (self-taught) photographer. He has lived and worked in Hamburg since 1967.

Surreal and fantastical wax figures, captured by the lens of a famed Magnum photographer German photographer Herbert List (1903-1975) was known for his commercial work with magazines such as Vogueand Life. In 1944, he photographed the wax mannequins and automata inside Vienna's Prater, a long-standing, then-derelict fairground. Based on List's original draft, this publication presents this series in full.

"In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of Étretat or the modern metropolis of Paris. They, too, studied the changing light, seasons and weather conditions. From its inception, photographers pursued artistic ambitions, as evidenced by their experimentation with composition and perspective, by means of various technical procedures. Until the First World War, the relationship between photography and painting was characterized both by competition and mutual influence. The exhibition and catalogue examine these interactions and illuminate the development of the new medium from the 1850s to its establishment as an autonomous art form around 1900"-- Provided by publisher.