Gundula Schulze Eldowy (1954) - Frieden - Straßenbild

Gundula Schulze Eldowy (1954), Frieden - Straßenbild, 1984.

Bromsilbergelatineabzug, 58 x 40 cm. Signiert, gewidmet und datiert. Befestigt in einem Passepartout mit stabilen Fotoecken, wobei das Foto herausgenommen werden kann. Maße Passepartout 100 x 70 cm. Kann auch ohne Passepartout versendet werden.

Provenienz: Privatsammlung, Berlin.

Zustand: Guter Zustand. Fotos sind Teil der Zustandsbeschreibung.

About
Gundula Schulze Eldowy is an internationally renowned German photographer whose work has shaped the documentary photography of the GDR with piercing authenticity. She studied photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig (1979–1984) and had already become known in the 1980s for her socially critical, often boundary-pushing series.

With cycles such as “Berlin in a Dog Night,” “Straßenbild” (Street Scene), “Arbeit” (Work) and “Aktporträts” (Nude Portraits), she created visual chronicles of East German everyday life—raw, poetic and uncompromisingly real. Her works are today regarded as photographic time documents of outstanding documentary value.
A turning point in her career was her encounter with the legendary photographer Robert Frank, who invited her to New York in 1985. There she lived and worked from 1990 to 1993 and participated, among others, in the exhibition “Photography 8” at MoMA New York.
Since then Schulze Eldowy has expanded her artistic spectrum to color photography, film and sound installations. Her works have taken her around the world—including Japan, Egypt, Peru and Bolivia—and increasingly reflect spiritual and transcultural themes.
In 2023 the Fotomuseum Arsenal Vienna dedicated a comprehensive retrospective (“Schattenwinde”/Shadowswind), and other significant exhibitions took place at the Bröhan Museum Berlin and the Berlinische Galerie.
Her works are in renowned collections such as MoMA New York, LACMA Los Angeles, the Museum Folkwang and the Berlinische Galerie. In 1996 she received the prestigious Higashikawa Prize in Japan.
Schulze Eldowy is a member of the Academy of Arts Berlin as well as the Saxon Academy of Arts. Her work combines political testimony with pictorial depth—she is regarded as one of Germany’s most important photographic voices.

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