Travelling has been a major theme in photography for over a hundred years. As a genre, travel photography emerged around the same time as mass tourism in the late 19th century, when it reinforced expectations of foreign parts as somehow exotic. Only since the 1920s has travel inspired photographers to respond artistically to cultural, political and social conditions in other countries. Pictures might be spontaneous reactions to the unknown or else prompted by a preconceived plan. This exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin presents over 180 works by 17 photographers and reflects the history of 20th-century art photography. Different approaches illustrate changes in visual idiom and perceptions from early travel photography down to our globalized world. A fantastic show with many colors and blacks and whites.
Faraway Focus : Photographers Go Travelling (1880–2015)
May 19 to September 11,2017
Berlinische Galerie
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
10969 Berlin
Germany
