Max Scheler
11 Sep - 15 Nov 2009
MAX SCHELER
Germany, China, USA. Photography 1950 – 1974
September 11, 2009 – November 15, 2009
A pupil of Herbert List, Max Scheler begins his artistic production during the 1950s economic boom in Germany. Political reportage takes him to China and Taiwan during the Quemoy crisis and, in the 1960s, to the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong. In the 1950s and 1960s, Scheler visits the USA several times and reports for the magazines "Münchner Illustrierte" und "stern" on land and people as well as the political life.
The exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg shows a cross-section of Max Scheler’s works, multi-faceted images reporting on everyday and political life – both documentary and commentarial. Humorous and bizarre, then again serious and dramatic, Scheler’s photography depicts historical events and personalities, but also everyday situations of the world we live in. From 1959, Max Scheler was one of the great photographers of "stern". In 1975, he founded the magazine "Geo" conjointly with Rolf Gillhausen. Later on, he became the photographic director of "Merian".
Germany, China, USA. Photography 1950 – 1974
September 11, 2009 – November 15, 2009
A pupil of Herbert List, Max Scheler begins his artistic production during the 1950s economic boom in Germany. Political reportage takes him to China and Taiwan during the Quemoy crisis and, in the 1960s, to the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong. In the 1950s and 1960s, Scheler visits the USA several times and reports for the magazines "Münchner Illustrierte" und "stern" on land and people as well as the political life.
The exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg shows a cross-section of Max Scheler’s works, multi-faceted images reporting on everyday and political life – both documentary and commentarial. Humorous and bizarre, then again serious and dramatic, Scheler’s photography depicts historical events and personalities, but also everyday situations of the world we live in. From 1959, Max Scheler was one of the great photographers of "stern". In 1975, he founded the magazine "Geo" conjointly with Rolf Gillhausen. Later on, he became the photographic director of "Merian".