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C/O Berlin is presenting the exhibition Kreuzberg – Amerika. The exhibition is part of the project about the Werkstatt für Photographie (Workshop for Photography) 1976 – 1986, in which C/O Berlin, the Museum Folkwang Essen and the Sprengel Museum Hannover are presenting the history, influences and effects of the legendary Berlin-based photographic institute and its key players in an intercity cooperation.
"We try to help students to recognize or even find their personality, where photography becomes irrelevant with regard to its commercial applicability.” – Michael Schmidt, 1979
C/O Berlin is addressing the history of the Werkstatt für Photographie in the exhibition entitled „Kreuzberg – Amerika“. In the exhibition curated by Thomas Weski and Felix Hoffmann, around 250 objects will be displayed, including some from internationally renowned photographers that have presented in the Werkstatt itself: Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Larry Clark, William Eggleston, Larry Fink, John Gossage and Stephen Shore. This selection will be placed in a dialog with images from photographers, professors and guests of the Werkstatt such as Gosbert Adler, Friedhelm Denkeler, Wolfgang Eilmes, Thomas Forschuetz, Ulrich Görlich, Ursula Kelm, Wilmar Koenig, Thomas Leuner, Christa Mayer, Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Hildegard Ochse, Gundula Schulze Eldowy, Michael Schmidt, Hermann Stamm, Klaus-Peter Voutta, Manfred Willmann and Ulrich Wüst.
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Photo Credit: Ohne Titel, 1983 © Stiftung für Fotografie und Medienkunst mit Archiv Michael Schmidt