The Walther Collection presents Who We Are: Portraits and Vernacular Photography, in its Museum Campus in Neu-Ulm.
Who We Are is the first part in a two-year exhibition survey dedicated to vernacular photography, the broad category of everyday images that shape and define our lives and that one might see on a passport, in an old family photo album, in a magazine, or even online.
This exhibition, curated by Brian Wallis, Daniela Yvonne Baumann, and Melek Baylas, aims to examine vernacular photography with the same critical attention generally devoted to contemporary fine-art photography, and to consider these familiar but often overlooked photographic practices within specific social and cultural histories.
The exhibition is divided into five thematic sections—“Against Portraiture,” “Decolonized: Changing Visions of African Identity,” “Ways of Seeing Gender Identity,” “Photo Albums: Archiving Everyday Life,” and “The Photographic Object.” These installations are displayed in various buildings throughout The Walther Collection’s Museum Campus. While not comprehensive, these focused case studies offer new ways of seeing familiar images and original perspectives on everyday visual culture.
Who We Are: Portraits and Vernacular Photography
On view till March 30, 2025
The Walther Collection
Museum Campus
Reichenauerstrasse 21
89233 Neu-Ulm, Germany
www.walthercollection.com
