Photographers on the Road
Photographers on the Road
April 28, 2017
Erich Salomon, Unterwegs in den USA, 1930/1932
Repro: Anja-Elisabeth Witte
Travel has been a leading theme in photography for over 100 years. The Colonial expansion and emerging tourism of the 19th century inspired photographers to discover the world and explore the unknown. In the 1920s, photographers began to take an artistic approach to the cultural, political and social characteristics of foreign lands.
In this exhibition, 189 images by 17 famous and lesser-known photographers represent the key eras and styles of travel photography throughout history – illustrating how our visual approach to the unfamiliar has evolved from Colonial times to today’s age of globalisation. The photographs on display include works by Erich Salomon, Thomas Hoepker, Evelyn Richter, Tobias Zielony, Heidi Specker and Sven Johne.
Further details at Berlinische Galerie
Erich Salomon, Unterwegs in den USA, 1930/1932
Repro: Anja-Elisabeth Witte
Ulrich Wüst, Untitled, from the series ‘Kopfreisen und Irrfahrten’, 1986
© Ulrich Wüst
Tobias Zielony, Car Wreck, from the series ‘Trona – Armpit of America’, 2008
© Tobias Zielony