Wilhelm Simon Guttmann, 1891–1990
A Documentary Portrait
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9851902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Jacobs (0000-0003-0780-1065, Berlin University of the Arts, corresponding author), Diethart Kerbs (Berlin University of the Arts) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-414 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Life and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8777 • E-ISSN: 1468-0483 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2009.01471.x |
| OpenAlex | W1984438720 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In his collection of biographical essays, Lebenslinien – Deutsche Biographien aus dem 20. Jahrhundert (Essen 2007), Diethart Kerbs gave the first tentative portrait of Simon Guttmann as one of the founders of photo‐journalism. As an emeritus professor of the History of Photography Kerbs based his study on his personal acquaintance with Guttmann and on his photographic associates in London, as well as on research and contacts in Germany. The aim of the present study is to document as fully as possible Guttmann's development from literature, through the politics of the German revolutionary period of 1918/19, to his influential career in photography in Berlin and, eventually, in London. To do this, Nicholas Jacobs has augmented Kerb's essay with his own records of conversations with Guttmann (some undated), and with new critical material now available
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · German · Journalism · Media studies · Period (music · Photography · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Highly cited | No |
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