People, Things, Human Works
15 October 2010 - 28 February 2011
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Otto Hoppé: Porträt der Schauspielerin Mona Maris, 1929 © The E.O.
Hoppé Estate Collection at Curatorial Assistance, Inc., Pasadena,
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PEOPLE, THINGS, HUMAN WORKS
15 October 2010 – 28 February 2011
Press conference: 14 October 11 am
Opening of the exhibition: 14 October, 7 pm
Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) was born in Munich to Anglo-German parents.
In 1907 he gave up his job as a bank clerk in London in favour of
photography. Even before the First World War he acquired a high
reputation as a portrait photographer and connoisseur of the English
photographic scene. In Weimar Republic Germany he became known above all
for his many highly regarded photo book publications. He contributed
the volumes on England and the USA to the Orbis Terrarum series. At his
Berlin studio he created portraits of numerous film stars for the UFA
group, among them Brigitte Helm and Lilian Harvey. Further photo books
appeared in the following decades, including one on London, another on
small German towns and the volume ‘Deutsche Arbeit. Bilder vom
Wiederaufstieg Deutschlands’ [‘German Work – Pictures of the Renascence
of Germany’]. This paean to the fascination of industry, Berlin’s
industry above all, marks Hoppé’s transition to photographic Modernism.
The exhibition shows 65 vintage prints from ‘Deutsche Arbeit’ and 15 selected portraits.
Guided tours
Sunday 24 October and 21 November, 11 am
Monday 8 November, 2 pm
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