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GERMANY / Köln: Alexan­der von Hum­boldt: Pho­tog­ra­phy and Le­ga­cy
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday February 03 2019

Museum Ludwig
T : +49 !0)221 221 24 114
Heinrich-Böll-Platz
D-50667 Köln
Germany



The year 2019 will mark the 250th an­niv­er­sary of the birth of Alex­an­der von Hum­boldt. Hum­boldt, who was well trav­eled and con­nect­ed, was not on­ly a mem­ber of the com­mis­sion that vot­ed for the world­wide publi­ca­tion of one of the first pho­to­graph­ic pro­cess­es in 1839. He was al­so sub­se­quent­ly giv­en pho­to al­bums that are now valu­able and sin­gu­lar works. Th­ese in­clude an al­bum from 1844 that the in­ven­tor of pho­tog­ra­phy on pa­per, W. H. F. Tal­bot, ded­i­cat­ed to Hum­boldt—one of the first pho­to books ev­er. In 1858 Hum­boldt re­ceived a large al­bum from Paul de Rosti with pho­tos from Mex­i­co and Venezuela in me­m­o­ry of his trav­els in South Amer­i­ca. Their his­to­ry and their jour­ney to the col­lec­tion of the Mu­se­um Lud­wig will be re­con­struct­ed, of­fer­ing a look back at the ear­ly days of pho­tog­ra­phy.

© Modem