Documentary Photography from the German Democratic Republic as a Substitute Public

Documentary Photography from the German Democratic Republic as a Substitute Public

This paper discusses artistic documentary photography from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from the mid-1970s until the fall of the Berlin Wall, and suggests that it functioned as a substitute public–Ersatzöffentlichkeit–in society. This concept of a substitute publ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anne Pfautsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Humanities
Subjects:
documentary photography
German Democratic Republic
GDR daily life
photography as a substitute public
‘Ostkreuz–Agentur der Fotografen’
literature as a substitute public
Harald Hauswald
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/7/3/88

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