In the artistic effervescence of the 1920s and 1930s, between Berlin and Brussels, photographers Cami and Sasha Stone occupied a special place. Their advertisements announce it: Studio Stone offers advertising, industrial, and artistic photography. The Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi and the Amsab-Institut d’Histoire Sociale in Ghent have joined forces to present their photographic work in a historical, artistic, and political study.
The collection brought together in the Studio Stone exhibition forms an exemplary corpus of Cami and Sasha Stone’s varied practice: views of architecture and industry, nudes, photographs of performances, and portraits of artistic and political celebrities are all interspersed with publications of the time. The research conducted offers new insight into the practice of these forgotten artists of the interwar photographic world and reveals their work in all its diversity.
Studio Stone, or Atelier Stone, was born from the photographic partnership of Belgian Wilhelmine Camille Honorine Schammelhout, aka Cami Stone, and Russian Aleksander Serge Steinsapir, aka Sasha Stone. They met in Berlin and their studio was established there in 1924. While the name “Stone” is somewhat forgotten today, they were recognized at the time as some of the best photographers of their time.
Studio Stone
Jusqu’au 18 mai 2025
Le Musée de la Photographie
Centre d´art contemporain de la Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles
11 Avenue Paul Pastur
6032 Mont-sur-Marchienne, Belgique (GPS : Place des Essarts)
+32 (0)71 43 58 10
www.museephoto.be
