
berlin, palast der republik (1978)
by slow shimo
Photography in East Germany, because of its status as applied art, was not as heavily subject, like painting or sculpture, to censorship by the GDR. Thus, many photographers- Arnold Fischer, Evelyn Richter, Maria Sewcz, Sibylle Bergemann, Gundula Schulze, among others- were able to develop an independent practice that focused less upon the interests of the state and more on the medium’s possibility of working as an alternative network of information. Berlin Palace of the Republic, taken by Bergemann in 1978, […]
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