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february 19, 2018 - SMB Museum

Sigrid Neubert – Photographs. Architecture and Nature

Sigrid Neubert (b. 1927) is one of the most famous architectural photog- raphers in Germany. For about 30 years, she worked for major architectu- ral firms, developing her own style with her high-contrast photographs, which clearly define the structure of the buildings. Since the 1970s, she created equally impressive nature pictures, to which she dedicated herself exclusively from 1990 onwards. The retrospective at Museum für Foto- grafie is associated with a generous donation of essential works to the Sammlung Fotografie of the Kunstbibliothek – Staatliche Museen zu Ber- lin. 

For 150 years, the Kunstbibliothek has been collecting photographs; the first sheets acquired in 1868 were architectural photographs. Therefore, it seems fitting to commemorate the anniversary with a retrospective on the work of one of Germany's most important architectural photographers in the Museum für Fotografie: #sigridneubert passed her master's examina- tion in 1954 at the Bavarian State Institute of Photography. After a period as an advertising photographer for the glass and ceramics industry, she concentrated entirely on architectural photography in the second half of the 1950s. Stylistically, she oriented herself to US models and developed her own visual language, characterized by atmospheric density and unu- sual perspectives. 

Neubert worked for around 30 years mainly in Munich and Bavaria, but also in Austria with many important architects. She photographed for Kurt Ackermann, Alexander von Branca, Bea and Walther Betz, Hans-Busso von Busse, Hardt-Waltherr Hämer, Karl Schwanzer and Gustav Peichl, but also for outstanding, today unjustly forgotten architects like Paul Stoh- rer, Detlef Schreiber or Herbert Groethuysen. 

With her catchy and contrasting photographs, which experienced world- wide distribution, #sigridneubert worked out the iconic effect of many well- known buildings like the Olympia buildings by Günter Behnisch, the BMW ensemble of Karl Schwanzer, or the head office of the Hypo-Bank by Bea and Walter Betz. Her highly aesthetic photographs firmly anchored these buildings in public perception. 

Photographs. Architecture and Nature is also presenting numerous groups of works that #sigridneubert dedicated to the photographic capture and creative design of natural phenomena. Her photographs of the Nymphenburg Park, the megalithic buildings on Malta or Gozo and the flower blossoms were published by #sigridneubert not only in exhibitions but also in illustrated books. 

Taking photographs is solely permitted for the current press coverage of the exhibi- tion/event. For any further use of photos you are required to clarify issues of copyright and usage rights independently in advance. You are responsible for obtaining further rights (e.g. copyrights for works of art portrayed, personal rights etc.). 

The special exhibition, curated by Ludger Derenthal and Frank See- hausen, is accompanied by a generous gift from #sigridneubert, which covers her entire oeuvre. This is a true fund of images that opens up many new looks and perspectives. #sigridneubert wrote in her book Gärten des Lichts. Betrachtungen zur Fotografie: "When we look at a pho- tograph long enough, we sink into a troubled sea of images. They now also belong to our invisible image treasure. We need these featured im- ages so that we can dream and wish and think and look and hear. " 

A publication by Frank Seehausen is accompanying the exhibition: Sigrid Neubert. Architekturfotografie der Nachkriegsmoderne, Hirmer Verlag, about 336 pages, about 570 illustrations, ISBN 978-3-7774-3036-2, 45 €. 

Museum für Fotografie
Jebensstr. 2, 10623 Berlin
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat + Sun 11 am – 7 pm, Thu 11 am – 8 pm 

Sigrid Neubert – Photographs. Architecture and Nature 

9 Februarx – 3 June 2018
An exhibition of the Kunstbibliothek – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 

Stauffenbergstraße 41 10785 Berlin 

www.smb.museum