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About the book >.>.> Although the title “German Photography” may sound like an assertion it is actually intend- ed as a question: Given the many and varied influences to which Germany has been exposed in the course of this century is there such a thing as German photography? This is the ques- tion addressed by both the exhibition and the catalogue and explored in an extensive selec- tion of works by twentieth century German photographers. The book offers a representative overview of developments in photography up until 1970 with some 420 examples from the realms of architecture art photojournalism fashion de- sign and advertising by more than 150 individual photographers. It begins with the period around 1870 when the medium of photography began to exert a mass influence and ends around 1970 when television gradually assumed import- ant functions in the mediation of information thus altering the concept and role of photogra- phy worldwide. This volume not only examines the aes- thetic features of “German Photography” but also provides a first systematic review of the history of German photography by renowned historians and photography specialists. This book is published to accompany the exhibition “German Photography – Power of a Medium 1870-1970” from 7 May to 24 August 1997 at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bonn. (OS)