Kracauer. Photographic Archive

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-03734-671-6
Verlag: Diaphanes Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 1329 g

Reihe: hors série

The photography book "Kracauer. Photographic Archive" is a collection of previously unpublished photographic material from the estate of the sociologist, journalist and film theorist Siegfried Kracauer. Portrait, city and landscape photographs give insights into the life of the writer and his wife Elisabeth, known as Lili – a life marked by flight and exile. The photographic portraits of Kracauer from the 1930s on were all taken by his wife, while prints, contact sheets, rolls of film and written material reveal that Kracauer took pictures himself, too. Neither Kracauer nor his wife was a professional photographer, yet their photos testify to the aesthetic and technical achievements of their collaborative photographic practice: the eye of the great photography theorist combined with that of the art historian and observant, self-taught photographer Lili Kracauer. The book also tells the story of Lili and Siegfried Kracauer’s close working relationship – from the early 1930s following their marriage in Germany, to exile in Paris and the war and post-war years in the USA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zinfert, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

7 - 10Foreword (Maria Zinfert)11 - 20The Image of Siegfried Kracauer (Maria Zinfert)79 - 88Lili Kracauer. A Biographical Sketch (Maria Zinfert)

7	-	10	Foreword	(Maria Zinfert)
11	-	20	The Image of Siegfried Kracauer	(Maria Zinfert)
79	-	88	Lili Kracauer. A Biographical Sketch	(Maria Zinfert)

Über Autor(innen)

Zinfert, Maria
Maria Zinfert arbeitet in Berlin als freie Autorin, Herausgeberin und Übersetzerin. Sie promovierte über die Romane von Victor Segalen und hat mehrere seiner Texte ins Deutsche übertragen. Sie forscht derzeit über Archivfotos deutschsprachiger Autorinnen und Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts und hat bereits mehrere Beiträge zu den Fotografien aus Kracauers Nachlass veröffentlicht.