Karl-Ludwig Lange. The Photographer in His Time. Berlin Years 1973–2004

Köpenick 1990–2003

Karl-Ludwig Lange

Köpenick was and continues to be geographically ‘way out there’. Nonetheless, it is the site of two important urban building ensembles that could hardly be more antithetical. One of these is the kilometre-long Bölschestraße in Friedrichshagen, built under Frederick the Great and which remains nearly intact to this day. Karl-Ludwig Lange photographed it building by building in 1990, and again in 2003. In the exhibition, he juxtaposes these two series.
The other is the Oberschöneweide industrial complex, which is highly valued even beyond the circle of architectural historians. This is where Walther Rathenau established Europe’s first three-phase electrical current for AEG. The facilities were built such that the workers were able to live more or less right next door. Lange photographed the area in 1992.

Over the course of five decades, Karl-Ludwig Lange independently created an artistic body of work. Visitors are advised to see all exhibitions of the ten-part project The Photographer in His Time to fully understand his world of imagery.