The idea of photography in Germany evokes everything from the pioneering modernist pictures of the Weimar era to the colossal digital prints that define art photography today. But it also recalls horr
Working in Germany between the two world wars, John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld, 1891–1968) developed an innovative method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect. A
Photography and Doubt provides a counter-history, by way of individually authored case studies, to a dominant strand in photographic history that emphasizes the medium’s documentary or factual value.W
