Discovered everyday photography: insights into the Walther Collection

Discovered everyday photography: insights into the Walther Collection

The world of photography offers a fascinating insight into people's realities of life. Especially everyday photography, which often remains inconspicuous, now receives attention as part of an exhibition in the Walther Collection in Neu-Ulm. This exhibition is dedicated to the so -called "vernacular photography" and shows that everyday pictures can also have their place in the art scene.

The first part of this three -year exhibition series is divided into five areas that deal with different topics of photography: "Beyond the portrait", "The Photographic Object", "Decolonized: Changed perspectives of African identity", "Photo albums: Archive of everyday life" and "Display gender and identity". These topics invite visitors to explore the often overlooked nuances of life and to reflect on the importance of pictures in everyday life.

insights into realities in life

A particularly interesting example is the album by Ethel "Essie" Buddle Atkinson, which is dedicated to an adolescent girl. She founded it in the context of her family who lived in English nobility. Her daughter's regular portraits offer a look at their privileged way of life and at the same time show how photo artificial approaches existed in the past. The planned character of this long -term documentation has parallels to modern art photography, which has become popular in recent decades.

The exhibition opens up a space for individual development, especially in the gray house, where photographs offer a platform for those that do not fit into the normative framework. Many photographs of crossdrives as well as women and minorities have found their place here, which question the common gender roles and thus develop a contemporary perspective on gender and identity.

Special attention also deserves the exhibits from Mexico, where the plastic portrait photo reliefs were popular between 1930 and 1970. They show how clever handling with the photographic object led to a new understanding of portraits. This work finds an exciting response in modern comparative art forms.

The unusual in the ordinary

The photographs of the Walther Collection show that even supposedly simple family photos, passport photos or everyday shots can bear deeper meaning. The curatorial work emphasizes how everyday images that originally only had one documentary purpose are suddenly perceived as works of art when the context is changed. This becomes clear when these memories are in the light of the public and are considered in their complexity.

An extraordinary part of the exhibition is the “Lost & Found Project” by the artist Munemasa Takahashi. This project shows a collection of images that were found after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. The artist brings lost memories back to the collective memory by showing a large number of photos, some of which are badly damaged. Here the emotional value of photos becomes clear, which are important not only for individuals, but for the entire community.

In addition, a company from the 1940s are exhibited there, which tell the history of a diverse workforce. The photos of the employee ID card show how a company almost naturally dealt with women and people with different backgrounds during the Second World War. This detail reflects the social changes and calls for thought about the role of women and minorities in the world of work.

The curators of the exhibition, including Brian Wallis, Daniela Yvonne Baumann and Melek Baylas, have also used new technologies to innovatively present the exhibits. Digital scans of snapshots that hold on historical moments are shown on large monitors, and this week gave insights into the everyday life of former contemporary witnesses. What is special about this exhibition is the differentness of the presentation itself, which makes the boundaries between classic photography and concept art blurred.

The exhibition leads the visitor to a world in which the special thing is in the ordinary and linearly told stories are interdisciplinary by multi -layered image representations. Everyday photography, often known and undervalued

For art lovers and photographer, an exciting perspective opens in Neu-Ulm, which is often overlooked. The Walther Collection not only becomes the place of confrontation with the pictures of everyday life, but also turns into a forum for deep dialogues about identity, gender and the nature of human experience. It remains exciting how the other parts of this exhibition will develop and what new questions about visual language and reality of life will be raised.

For more information, the exhibition offers interesting insights that are hidden in everyday photography. Further details on this topic can be found in a detailed report www.monopol-magazin.de .