Stefan Moses
dal 28/11/2004 al 18/2/2004
Segnalato da
28/11/2004
Stefan Moses
Goethe-Institut London, London
His portraiture extends beyond politicians, philosophers and artists to take in factory workers, street cleaners, teachers and tram conductors, presenting a diverse picture of German life. Comprising over forty photographs, this retrospective is at once a reflection and a part of recent German history. Moses is one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 20th century.
Stefan Moses
A touring exhibition by the Goethe-Institut
Born in 1929 in Liegnitz, Silesia, Stefan Moses is one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 20th century. In his long career as a freelance photographer and photojournalist (including for Stern and Magnum) he has become renowned for his visual chronicle of German society.
The list of personalities that he has portrayed features many of the most prominent figures from German cultural and intellectual life: Theodor W. Adorno, Joseph Beuys, Ernst Bloch, Willy Brandt, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Günter Grass and many others. But his portraiture extends beyond politicians, philosophers and artists to take in factory workers, street cleaners, teachers and tram conductors, presenting a diverse picture of German life.
His two series ‘Germans – East’ and ‘Germans – West’ provide a record of divided Germany and the period following the fall of the Wall. Central to Moses’s portraiture is his ability to get his subjects to reveal something of themselves, leaving behind the role they play in public. In ‘The Elders in the Forest’ he transports key political and cultural figures to the woods, showing them strolling between the trees or emerging from the bushes; while in ‘Mirror Images’ he leaves his protagonists to take pictures of themselves. As he detaches his subjects from their usual surroundings, he frees them from their public persona, challenging the constraints of traditional portraiture.
Comprising over forty photographs, this retrospective is at once a reflection and a part of recent German history. Stefan Moses’s photographic collection is held by Munich’s Stadtmuseum, which owns ca. 20000 of his original prints.
Image: Stefan Moses, Shepherdess, Priemen, 1990, from the series ‘Germans – East’.
© Stefan Moses-Archiv,Fotomuseum im Stadtmuseum, Munich
This exhibition will be spread over two venues.
Goethe-Institut/Hugo’s (small selection of images):
until Fri 18 Feb 2005.
Admission free.
Open: Mon – Sat 11am – 6pm
German Embassy London:
Side Entrance
23 Belgrave Square
until Fri 11 Feb 2005.
Viewing by appointment only, please email:
culture@german-embassy.org.uk
Goethe-Institut London
50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road London