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Vernissage "A Photographer's Life"

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Sabine Weiss: A Photographer's Life

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the French-Swiss photographer Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) f³ - freiraum für fotografie is showing a retrospective of her work for the first time in Germany.

Junge Leute, Tanzparty, 1962

Junge Leute, Tanzparty, 1962

© Sabine Weiss, Collections Photo Elysée, Lausanne

Sabine Weiss is one of the most important representatives of French humanist photography of the 20th century. Her career spans more than seven decades. Humanist photography, which essentially combined the philosophy of the Enlightenment with social documentary practice, emerged after the Second World War. Photographers such as Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis and Brassaï were famous representatives.

Sabine Weiss developed a passion for the human condition in her artistic work

Whether reportage, illustrations, fashion, advertising, portraits of artists or personal works: Sabine Weiss saw all areas of photography as a challenge, as a pretext for encounters and journeys, as a means of living and self-expression. The exhibition Sabine Weiss. A Photographer's Life, which the author worked on until her death, tells of this lifelong passion and sheds light on the focal points of a body of work that evolves around the human condition. Using original prints, archive documents and films, she paints a portrait of a photographer driven by an insatiable curiosity about other people, whether in France, where she settled in 1946, in the USA or on her countless travels throughout Europe.

The exhibition "A Photographer's Life" spans the creative life's work of Sabine Weiss

In 2016 and 2018, Sabine Weiss was honored with two exhibitions at the Jeu de Paume Château de Tours and the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, as well as with the 2020 Women In Motion Award for photography, presented by Kering, as part of a highly acclaimed retrospective at the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival. Due to the diverse and positive response, she agreed to open her personal archive and make her multi-layered work accessible to the public.

Admission to the opening event is free.
Further events and regular admission to the exibition hall are subject to a charge (6 Euro, reduced 4 Euro).

Runtime: Fri, 06/09/2024 to Sun, 24/11/2024

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