Art Terms

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POLAROID

The Polaroid is unique, as unique as every moment. Invented as early as 1947 and temporarily declared dead, the instant picture is experiencing an unexpected renaissance today.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Street photography operates mainly at eye level - at street level - and shows situations and people in (mostly) urban space. The rhythms of the city are translated into a celebration of the momentary.

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY

If photography had been invented as color photography - who would ever have missed black and white? Since the 1980s, the medium has been booming, which just a decade earlier was largely denied recognition as an art form.

PHOTOGRAPHY

More than any other visual medium, photography has shaped our perception of the world. It is an omnipresent medium. Against this backdrop, it is surprising that photography is taking up more and more space in the current art scene. Can a mass medium be art?