4. Europäischer Monat der Fotografie Berlin 2010

Emil Otto Hoppé: Porträt der Schauspielerin Mona Maris
1929 © The E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection at Curatorial Assistance, Inc., Pasadena, California
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Emil Otto Hoppé (18781972) was born in Munich to Anglo-German parents. In 1907 he gave up his job as a bank clerk in London in favour of photography. Even before the First World War he acquired a high reputation as a portrait photographer and connoisseur of the English photographic scene. In Weimar Republic Germany he became known above all for his many highly regarded photo book publications. He contributed the volumes on England and the USA to the Orbis Terrarum series. At his Berlin studio he created portraits of numerous film stars for the UFA group, among them Brigitte Helm and Lilian Harvey. Further photo books appeared in the following decades, including one on London, another on small German towns and the volume Deutsche Arbeit. Bilder vom Wiederaufstieg Deutschlands [German Work Pictures of the Renascence of Germany]. This paean to the fascination of industry, Berlins industry above all, marks Hoppés transition to photographic Modernism.
The exhibition shows 65 vintage prints from Deutsche Arbeit and 15 selected portraits.

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Artist(s)

Emil Otto Hoppé

Curator(s)

Thomas Friedrich

Duration of the exhibition

15.10.2010 - 28.02.2011

Vernissage

14.10.2010, 19 h

Opening times

Mi-Mo 10-18 h

Location

Berlinische Galerie Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
10969 Berlin

T 0049 30 78902600

www.berlinischegalerie.de

Public transport connections

U1, 6 Hallesches Tor
U2 Spittelmarkt, Märkisches Museum
U6 Kochstraße
U8 Moritzplatz
Bus M29, 248

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