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

From the Weißenseer Spitze to Antonplatz 1994

Karl-Ludwig Lange

In Weißensee, Berlin’s northeast quarter, many of the stores on the main streets are closed today. A hundred years ago, however, small businesses thrived in the area dominated by two-storey architecture from the 19th century.
Among other things, the Weißenseer Spitze is home to the former Brotfabrik, which has been a cultural centre for two decades. At the beginning of the last century, many well-to-do residential buildings were erected around Antonplatz on Berliner Allee. In his photographs of 1994, Karl-Ludwig Lange plays subtly on these differences between the urban building structures of the city’s various districts. The cinema Kino Toni, purchased in 1992 by director Michael Verhoeven, also makes an appearance. It’s no accident that two cultural locations form the bookends for Lange’s photographic investigation of the city.

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.