German photography 1870-1970 : power of a medium / Klaus Honnef, Rolf Sachsse and Karin Thomas (eds.) and Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; with essays by Volker Albus ... [and others].

"This catalogue is published to accompany the exhibition "Deutsche Fotografie. Macht eines Mediums 1870-1970" from 7 May to 24 August 1997 at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bonn"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

A concept of German photography / Rolf Sachsse -- German photography : mirror of the German mindset? / Klaus Honnef -- Images of the Kaiserreich : the social and political import of photographs / Wolfgang Ruppert -- The art photography movement around 1900 : painting as a model / Ulrich Keller -- Images of revolution and the Weimar Republic / Heinrich August Winkler -- Photojournalism from the First World War to the Weimar Republic / Bernd Weise -- Images of the national Socialist State / Peter Reichel -- Photography as NS State design : power's abuse of medium / Rolf Sachsse --"... without masks" : Jews through the lens of "German photography" 1933-1945 / Hanno Loewy -- The Federal Republic of Germany : examples from the history of everyday life / Hermann Glaser -- The smiling face of dictatorship : on the political iconography of the GDR / Stefan Wolle -- From reality to art : photography between profession and abstraction / Klaus Honnef -- Up and running : industrial products and advertising / Volker Albus.