The news cycle may feel relentless, but in Berlin in the 1920s, 147 different newspapers were published every day. This profusion of print media was enabled by developments in printing techniques that made it possible to reproduce photographs and satisfy the demands of readers to see the city reflected back at them. This show at Stabi Kulturwerk, the exhibition space at Berlin’s state library, tells a story of the German capital as glimpsed through press photos, from the pre-Weimar period to the present day (12 June–20 December). It looks at how the Nazis used photography for propaganda, and at the very different approaches to reportage in East and West Berlin, but makes space for moments of visual respite: in one shot taken in 1909, a stylish photojournalist, silhouetted against a misty skyline, wields a camera high above Berlin City Hall, which was still under construction at the time.
Find out more from Stabi Kulturwerk’s website.
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