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23/07/25

Martin Parr. Early Works @ f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

Martin Parr. Early Works

f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

September 13 – November 30, 2025

Siehe die Deutsche Version unten

MARTIN PARR

Osmond Fan, Manchester, England 1973

MARTIN PARR

Tom Greenwood cleaning, Hangingroyd Road,

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England 1975

MARTIN PARR

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England 1975

MARTIN PARR (*1952, Epsom, Surrey, UK) is one of the most important British documentary photographers and photojournalists. He became internationally known for his large-format, colorful photographs that humorously scrutinize British society. With his ironic and socially critical view of everyday situations, he has made photographic history.

The exhibition Martin Parr. Early Works focuses on the early work of the MAGNUM photographer and presents 75 rarely shown black and white images. Bird clubs in Surrey, pilgrimages to the Pope in Ireland, holiday trips to the Scottish Highlands, provincial football matches, and traditional village banquets are just some of the social events that grasped the young Martin Parr’s attention. Exaggeration and emphasis – two key elements of his work – run like a thread through these photographs. The strength of his images lies in the precise observation of everyday situations and in their focus on the seemingly unspectacular. Local traditions, street life, and the unforgettable fluctuating island weather: Martin Parr compels us to take a second look and cherish the funny sides of life.

MARTIN PARR

Mayor of Todmorden's inaugural banquet, Todmorden,

West Yorkshire, England 1977

MARTIN PARR

Surrey Bird Club, Surrey, England 1972

MARTIN PARR

Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England 1975

Included in the exhibition are some of Parr’s encompassing views such as "Mayor of Todmorden’s Inaugural Banquet", from 1977, where hungry guests squeeze shoulder to shoulder, not to miss the best dish. Also outstanding is the photograph "Surrey Bird Club", which shows two couples in 1972, equipped with binoculars and engaging in their favorite hobby: birdwatching. Or "Glastonbury Tor", featuring an animal protagonist – a cow – posing like a sightseer in search of attractions at the popular tourist hotspot Glastonbury Tor.

MARTIN PARR

Steep Lane Baptist Chapel buffet lunch, Sowerby,

Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England 1977

MARTIN PARR

Elland, West Yorkshire, England 1978

MARTIN PARR

Lynotts Bar, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland 1983

At first glance, nostalgia or romanticism seem to be at the forefront, but Martin Parr questions the subjects of his photographs and their seemingly ordinary actions. With an almost anthropological interest, he dissects our behavior, prompts us to reflect, and reveals – both humorously and critically – the complexity and absurdity of modern life.

MARTIN PARR studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic and began his career in the 1970s. Initially working in black and white, he switched to colour photography in the mid-1980s. He has been a member of the renowned MAGNUM photo agency since 1994. Martin Parr has published over a hundred books of his own and has curated numerous festivals, including the Rencontres d'Arles and the Brighton Biennale. His photographs are exhibited worldwide and are represented in many collections. The Martin Parr Foundation was established in 2014 and is based in Bristol since 2017.

Accompanying the exhibition, the publication "MARTIN PARR. Early Works" is available.

Martin Parr. Early Works was curated by Celina Lunsford (Fotografie Forum Frankfurt) in close collaboration with the photographer and the Martin Parr Foundation.

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MARTIN PARR (*1952, Epsom, Surrey, GB) ist einer der wichtigsten britischen Dokumentarfotografen und Fotojournalisten. International bekannt wurde er mit seinen großformatigen, farbenfrohen Fotografien, welche die britische Gesellschaft humorvoll unter die Lupe nehmen. Mit seinem ironischen und sozialkritischen Blick auf Alltagssituationen hat er Fotografie-Geschichte geschrieben.

Die Ausstellung Martin Parr. Early Works konzentriert sich auf das frühe Werk des MAGNUM-Fotografen und präsentiert 75 selten gezeigte Schwarz-Weiß Aufnahmen. Vogelklub-Aktivitäten im englischen Surrey, Pilgerfahrten zum Papst in Irland, Urlaubsreisen in die schottischen Highlands, Fußballspiele in der Provinz und traditionelle Dorffeste sind nur einige der gesellschaftlichen Aktivitäten, die das Interesse des jungen Martin Parr wecken. Die Übertreibung und Zuspitzung – zwei Schlüsselelemente seines Werkes – ziehen sich wie ein roter Faden durch die Fotografien. Die Stärke seiner Aufnahmen liegt in der präzisen Beobachtung alltäglicher Situationen und in ihrer Konzentration auf das scheinbar Unspektakuläre. Lokale Traditionen, das Straßenleben und das wechselhafte Inselwetter: Martin Parr bringt uns dazu zweimal hinzusehen und die skurrilen, humorvollen Seiten des Lebens zu entdecken.

Teil der Werkschau sind auch einige von Parrs eindrucksvollsten Aufnahmen, darunter »Mayor of Todmorden’s Inaugural Banquet«, eine Szene an einem Buffet, an dem sich hungrige Gäste Schulter an Schulter drängen, um den besten Happen zu ergattern, aus dem Jahr 1977. Herausragend auch die Fotografie »Surrey Bird Club«, auf der zwei Paare zu sehen sind, die sich 1972 mit Feldstechern ausgestattet ihrem liebsten Hobby widmen: der Beobachtung von Vögeln. Oder »Glastonbury Tor«, die Aufnahme einer tierischen Protagonistin – einer Kuh – die wie eine Ausflüglerin auf der Jagd nach Sehenswürdigkeiten an dem touristischen Hotspot Glastonbury Tor posiert.

Auf den ersten Blick dominieren Nostalgie oder Romantik die Aufnahmen, doch Martin Parr hinterfragt die Akteur*innen seiner Fotografien und deren scheinbar alltägliche Handlungen. Mit nahezu anthropologischem Interesse seziert er unser Verhalten, regt uns zur Reflexion an und zeigt auf komische und kritische Weise die Komplexität und Absurdität des modernen Lebens auf.

MARTIN PARR studierte Fotografie am Manchester Polytechnic und begann seine Karriere in den 1970er-Jahren. Zunächst arbeitete er in Schwarz-Weiß, wechselte aber Mitte der 1980er-Jahre zur Farbfotografie. Seit 1994 ist er Mitglied der renommierten Agentur MAGNUMPhotos. Martin Parr hat über hundert eigene Bücher veröffentlicht und war bei zahlreichen Festivals als Kurator tätig, darunter Rencontres d`Arles und Brighton Biennale. Seine Fotografien werden weltweit ausgestellt und sind in vielen Museumssammlungen vertreten. 2014 gründete er die Martin Parr Foundation mit Sitz in Bristol.

Martin Parr. Early Works wurde kuratiert von Celina Lunsford (Fotografie Forum Frankfurt) in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fotografen und der Martin Parr Foundation.

f³ – freiraum für fotografie

Prinzessinnenstrasse 30, 10969 Berlin

www.fhochdrei.org

21/07/25

Women, Football & Photography @ f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin - "SHE CAN KICK IT! Women's Football and Photography" Exhibition

SHE CAN KICK IT!

Women's Football and Photography

f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

Through September 7, 2025

Dewey Nicks

Marta Vieira da Silva for The New York Times, 2009

Hy Money

1970s, England. Photographed by Hy Money

Harriet Duffy

From the series Football Came Home, 2022

An exhibition with works by: Caterina Barjau, Günther Bauer, Christophe Berlet, Thomas Böcker, Harriet Duffy, Laura Freigang, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Kai Heuser, Elliot James Kennedy, Alice Mann, Susan Meiselas, Hy Money, Dewey Nicks, Anja Niedringhaus, Cait Oppermann, David Ramos, Dana Rösiger, Josefine Seifert, Daniel Silva Yoshisato, Dorothea Tuch, Alexa Vachon, Viridiana, Anna Ziegler.

Hardly any sport is as emotionally charged as football—especially women's football. It has been ridiculed, it has been banned. Even the German Football Association (DFB) wanted to protect women from this “rough sport” and, in 1955, prohibited its affiliated clubs from offering women's football, stating: “In the struggle for the ball, feminine grace is lost.” It wasn't until 1970 that the association lifted the ban. Today, women’s football is celebrated—almost everywhere in the world. Players like Megan Rapinoe from the USA have become icons, fighting for equality and against the sexualization of women's bodies. They are role models for girls and effective ambassadors for advertising. Yet, there are still major disparities compared to the men's game—whether in opportunities to play or in compensation.

In honor of the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 in Switzerland, SHE CAN KICK IT! brings women's football into visual focus: from artistic photo series by renowned photographers such as Susan Meiselas, a member of the prestigious Magnum Photos agency, to personal snapshots from national team player Laura Freigang. The exhibition explores the complex history of women's football and highlights the many challenges surrounding the topic.

Anja Niedringhaus

Germany's Kerstin Garefrekes (18), Annike Krahn (5)

fight for the ball with Brazil's Tania (4) and Renata Costa (5)

during their final match at

the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament

in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007

Anja Niedringhaus, world-renowned for her images from war and crisis zones, photographed the jubilant women’s national football team led by captain Birgit Prinz at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007. Her images capture the tension, focus, and will to win felt by both teams.

Susan Meiselas

Stretch exercise before training session,

National female soccer team, San Diego, California, 1998

In 1998, Susan Meiselas documented the training of the U.S. women’s national team in San Diego, creating a series of touching behind-the-scenes photos. Stars like Brandi Chastain and Briana Scurry, whose names are now spoken with reverence by young players, appear in these intimate settings.

Elliot James Kennedy

Leah Williamson for British GQ, 2022

Dorothea Tuch

Türkiyemspor, Berlin, 2025

Laura Freigang

Selfportrait, Paris, 2024

A glimpse into the life of a current national player is offered by Laura Freigang of Eintracht Frankfurt. She always has her Leica camera with her—on the team bus, at training, or at the after-show party. Young, unconventional, and with a distinctive style, she documents her own life and that of her teammates.

Cait Oppermann

Megan Rapinoe for TIME 100, 2020

The photographs by Cait Oppermann, who shot the U.S. women’s soccer team for the TIME Magazine cover in 2019, mark a turning point in the players’ public image—from ridiculed outsiders to international icons and role models.

For the anniversary issue of 11 Freunde magazine in 2025, Anna Ziegler portrayed the feminist and antifascist fan club Nutria Bande, which supports women’s football in Frankfurt. Personal stories from the Global South are told through the series by award-winning

Daniel Silva Yoshisato

From the series Women Soccer Player from the Sky, 2004

Johanna-Maria Fritz

From the series Testimony for Change, Sudan, 2021

Alexa Vachon

Juhi, from the Series Wundergirl, 2017

German photographer Johanna-Maria Fritz, who accompanied a team in Sudan, and Alexa Vachon, who visited girls in India at home: despite social pressure, they remain devoted to their passion for football and proudly pose in their jerseys.

The world’s first women’s football team, the British Ladies, was founded in 1894 by Nettie Honeyball. Today, over 130 years later, women’s football has entered the public consciousness—yet as an emancipatory act, it remains as vital and relevant as ever.

The exhbition was curated by Nadine Barth and Katharina Mouratidi.

f³ – freiraum für fotografie

Prinzessinnenstrasse 30, 10969 Berlin

fhochdrei.org

SHE CAN KICK IT! Women's Football and Photography

f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin, June 27 — September 7, 2025

10/04/25

Radical Beauty @ f3 freiraum für fotografie, Berlin - This Exhibition radically questions our perception of beauty, attractiveness and aesthetics

Radical Beauty

An exhibition with works by: Sammy Baxter, Brian Griffin, Gottfried Helnwein, Eva Losada, Erwin Olaf, Elizaveta Porodina, Zuzu Valla, and others.

f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

Through May 25, 2025

ERWIN OLAF

Untitled © Erwin Olaf,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

SAMMY BAXTER

Untitled © Sammy Baxter,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

ZUZU VALLA

Untitled © Zuzu Valla,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

BRIAN GRIFFIN

Untitled © Brian Griffin,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

Radical Beauty radically questions our perception of beauty, attractiveness and aesthetics. In this globally unique photo project, over 60 internationally renowned fashion and art photographers, including Brian Griffin, Gottfried Helnwein, Eva Losada, Erwin Olaf, Elizaveta Porodina and Zuzu Valla, worked together with people with Down syndrome to develop individual images and photo series. Surprising and unique portraits were created in professional studio conditions. The protagonists include experienced performers such as actresses Sarah Gordy (UK) and Lily Moore (USA), but the majority of them lead a life outside the limelight.

ELIZAVETA PORODINA

Untitled © Elizaveta Porodina,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

EVA LOSADA

Untitled © Eva Losada,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

SCALLYWAG FOX

Untitled © Scallywag Fox,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN

Untitled © Gottfried Helnwein,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

Radical Beauty blurs the boundaries between disciplines. Through close collaboration between model and photographer, impressive works have emerged that convey a passion for role-playing and visual experimentation while vividly reflecting the unique personalities of the portrayed. Whether tender intimacy, sober realism or full-blooded joie de vivre – Radical Beauty celebrates all facets of human existence and embraces the diversity of an inclusive society.

ELIZAVETA PORODINA

Untitled © Elizaveta Porodina,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

DIANA GOMEZ

Untitled © Diana Gomez,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

THOMAS DODD

Untitled © Thomas Dodd,

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

PERTTU SAKSA

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

The London fashion photographer Sammy Baxter, for example, created a dystopian staging with his model Lara Wates, where the pictured struggles with arms that seem to emerge from nowhere against vibrant, colorful backdrops. Brian Griffin, renowned internationally for his portraits of pop musicians, offers black-and-white photographs reminiscent of iconic album covers. Art photographer Erwin Olaf presents his protagonist with slicked-back hair and striking blue eyes in the style of an antique cherub, seemingly floating weightlessly in frothy water. On closer inspection, this effect reveals itself as a technical illusion achieved through masterful manipulation of film material. Fashion photographer Elizaveta Porodina stages actress Lily Moore with vivid surrealism, drawing on the emotional symbolism is a reference to her studies of clinical psychology. Photographer Zuzu Valla sees herself as an advocate for people with disabilities and presents photographs of drag queens and drag kings with Down syndrome that get under your skin.

ZUZIA ZAWADA

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

ZUZU VALLA

from the project Radical Beauty

Radical Beauty, f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

March 7 – May 25, 2025

Radical Beauty was launched in 2018 by the British collective Culture Device, a group of Down syndrome performers who have already graced stages such as the Royal Opera House, Tate Modern, and Southbank Centre in London. Under the artistic direction of Daniel Vais, the project has since evolved into a global initiative, enhancing the visibility of people with cognitive disabilities and providing a platform for individuals with Down syndrome.

The exhibition was curated by Nadine Barth.

f³ – freiraum für fotografie

Waldemarstrasse 17, 10179 Berlin

www.fhochdrei.org

Radical Beauty - f³ – freiraum für fotografie, March 7 – May 25, 2025

04/06/24

Like a Whirlwind: The Gender Plays by Marie Høeg & Bolette Berg @ f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

LIKE A WHIRLWIND

The Gender Plays by

Marie Høeg & Bolette Berg

f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

June 14 – August 25, 2024

Berg & Høeg

In the studio: Marie operating the camera,

Bolette photographing the scene, 1895–1903

Berg & Høeg

»Water Scene«. Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg

in a rowing boat in the studio, 1895–1903

Berg & Høeg

Marie Høeg and her brother Karl crossdressing, 1895–1903

Berg & Høeg,

Bolette and Marie playing with friends, 1895–1903

The exhibition LIKE A WHIRLWIND – The Gender Plays by Marie Høeg & Bolette Berg presents unique cross-dressing photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The photographers Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg founded the Berg & Høeg photo studio in the southern Norwegian town of Horten in 1894. The couple spent their entire adult lives working and living together. They published their fairly conventional portrait and landscape photographs as postcards. The Norwegians achieved international fame posthumously through their early photographic experiments with gender roles, which are probably rightly regarded as the first such complex photographic examination of the subject of cross-dressing.

When their estate was auctioned off in the 1970s, the Norwegian collector Leif Preus acquired the glass negatives of the two photographers. In addition to photographs of landscapes and reproductions of artworks, there were two boxes labeled "private" showing Marie Høeg, Bolette Berg and their siblings and friends posing in front of the camera. These shots had nothing in common with traditional portrait photography. Playful, humorous and full of joie de vivre, the photographs radically and cheekily question the ideals of femininity of the 19th and early 20th centuries as well as the gender roles of the time. The topicality of the imagery and the visual exploration of the theme, which is comparable to contemporary artistic practice, is astonishing. The two photographers take up stereotypes in a witty and fresh way and transform them into frivolous photographs with the help of props and costumes.

The modern approach of the photographers testifies to their self-confidence and a playful examination of social norms; at the same time, the estate makes it clear that the photographs were only intended for private use during their lifetime, not for the public. The photographic studio was the safe space, where the protagonists of the pictures could present themselves in a self-determined manner.

The Preus Museum, the Norwegian National Museum of Photography, manages the estate of Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg and owns the original glass negatives in its collection. The exhibition at f³ – freiraum für fotografie shows digital reproductions of this unique material, which is on display in Germany for the first time.

f3 – freiraum für fotografie

Waldemarstrasse 17, 10179 Berlin

www.fhochdrei.org

04/12/23

Ruth Orkin, Women Exhibition @ f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin + Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava

Ruth Orkin, Women

f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

December 8, 2023 – February 18, 2024

Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava

March 5 – May 12, 2024

Following the successful show Ruth Orkin – A Photo Spirit in 2021, f³ – freiraum für fotografie now presents newly discovered and previously unpublished photographs by American photographer Ruth Orkin.

Ruth Orkin was one of the professional women photographers of the 1940s and 1950s. Although she published in numerous newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Life, and Look, and her photographs were part of the legendary exhibition The Family of Man at MoMA, her work, which rivals that of the great photographers of her time, is still little known internationally. One of her most important photographs is American Girl in Italy from 1951, which became a symbol of the women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The street scene shows a young woman striding through a line of whistling men.

Tracing the photographer's footsteps, Nadine Barth, curator and publicist @barthouseprojects, and Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie, came across a largely unpublished, multi-layered and unique body of work that reveals a little-known side of Ruth Orkin: at of a sensitive, interested, witty, and funny chronicler of American women of the 1940s and 1950s.

With biting humor, the photographer devised reportages such as »Who Works Harder?«, which compares the life of a housewife and mother with that of a career woman, documented women in beauty salons, at cocktail parties, at dog shows and on the film set in Hollywood. In the footage we encounter Lauren Bacall, Jane Russell, Joan Taylor, and Doris Day, but also waitresses, stewardesses, soldiers, and best friends.

What Ruth Orkin’s subtle but radically subversive shots capture are images of women on the move who are beginning to shed the conventions imposed on them and go their own way: self-confident, stylish, smart and ahead of their time.

RUTH ORKIN (1921–1985) began taking photographs at the age of ten. In 1939 she studied photojournalism at Los Angeles City College, the same year she produced her first major photographic work. At the age of 17, she crossed the United States by bicycle and with a camera on her way to the World's Fair, from Los Angeles to New York. As a freelance photographer, she worked for Life, Look and Ladies Home Journal, among other magazines. On the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2021, her work was rediscovered and shown for the first time in a solo exhibition in Germany at f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

The exhibition was curated by Nadine Barth and Katharina Mouratidi

Accompanying the exhibition is the photo book Ruth Orkin – Women published by Hatje Cantz

Ruth Orkin, Women

Edited by: Nadine Barth, Katharina Mouratidi

Published by Hatje Cantz, 2023

Hardcover, 265mm x 265mm, 144 Pages, 111 Ills.

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5685-3

f³ – freiraum für fotografie

Waldemarstraße 17 - 10179 Berlin

www.fhochdrei.org