Image series 19 / 2023: Ruth Hallensleben
Industrial photography
7 May 2023
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By: Bettina Pfleging
Since the early 1930s years, the primary field of work of the German photographer Ruth Hallensleben was industrial photography. She is one of the pioneers in this field. Her pictures document over thirty years of technical and industrial history of the Rhineland. In her photographs she refrained from using sophisticated lighting effects or optical tricks. Due to the large number of commissions from all industrial sectors, over the course of time she created a wide range of different motifs in the various branches of industry.
With photographic works commissioned by West German companies and East German firms between 1949 and 1990, the exhibition illustrates the differences and similarities in the depictions of progress in East and West Germany.
„Progress as a Promise. Industrial photography in divided Germany“
10 February to 29 May 2023, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Ruth Hallenslebens. Kesselbau, Firma Kanzler, Düren, Oktober 1979, Ausschnitt, 1979; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Aufdrehen von Schraubenmuttern, Düsseldorfer Eisenhüttengesellschaft, Ratingen, Juli 1939, Ausschnitt, 1939; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Bergmann, Ausschnitt, Gelatinesilberpapier, Köln; Rheinisches Bildarchiv – Bestand Kölner Museen, Stadt Köln
Ruth Hallenslebens. Fabrikation von Wehrmachtsstiefeln, Schuhfabrik Vogels, Dülken, Oktober 1941, Ausschnitt, 1941; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Arbeiterinnen in der Formerei, Strumpffabrik Evers, Medebach Sauerland, März 1966, Ausschnitt, 1966; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Kunstseidenfabrik Bemberg AG, Wuppertal-Barmen, 1941, Ausschnitt, 1941; Digitale Diathek, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken GmbH, Wuppertal, 1966, Ausschnitt, 1966; Digitale Diathek, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Ruth Hallenslebens. Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks AG, Zeche Bruchstraße, Bochum, 1957, Ausschnitt, 1957; Digitale Diathek, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
