Exhibition opening: "Echt Foto! Photography between Paper and Pixel"

Speakers:

• Moritz Wullen, Director of the Art Library – State Museums of Berlin
• Katja Böhlau, Ludger Derenthal and Ute Famulla, curators of the exhibition, Art Library – State Museums of Berlin

What defines a ‘real’ photograph, and what does it consist of?

Nowadays, people mostly encounter photographs in the form of digital media. It is easy to lose sight of the fact that the history of photography is essentially a history of materials, craft processes and tangible objects. ‘Real Photo! Photography between Paper and Pixels’ makes this knowledge accessible once more and allows visitors to experience it first-hand.

The exhibition offers a fresh perspective on photography as a space between the analogue object and the digital image – and on questions of authenticity, originality and durability, which are taking on new urgency in the age of AI.