With Nini and Carry Hess, the focus is on two outstanding Jewish photographers from the Weimar Republic. This volume presents the biography and work of the Frankfurt sisters with focus on portrait and theater photography. In addition, works from the field of dance, nude and fashion photography can be seen.
Publisher: Hirmer
Editors: Eckhardt Köhn & Susanne Wartenberg on behalf of the Museum Giersch of the Goethe University, Frankfurt on the Main.
Header Photo: Nini & Carry Hess, Schabtai Prudkin, 1927, Privatbesitz.
Nini & Carry Hess, Alexander Rumnev (Tänzer), 1923, Galerie Berinson, Berlin
Nini & Carry Hess, Frauenporträt („Ärztin“), 1920–1930, Berlinische Galerie – Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Foto: Felix Jork / Berlinische Galeriei
The photo studio founded in 1913 by Nini (1884–1943?) And Carry Hess (1889–1957) was one of the most respected in Germany. They captured the innovative Frankfurt stage events of these years in stills and role portraits. Impressive portraits of stars such as Heinrich George and Mary Wigman, Thomas Mann, C. G. Jung or Max Beckmann attest to the quality of their work, in which they approached the visual language of “Das Neue Sehen” (New Vision).
The work of the photographers, which was destroyed when the studio was destructed on the Pogrom Night of 1938, has been comprehensively reconstructed using around 120 vintage prints.
Publisher’s Info
Nini & Carry Hess, Mary Wigman in „Die sieben Tänze des Lebens“, 1921, Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, Universität zu Köln
Nini & Carry Hess, Irene Weill, 1920–1930, Berlinische Galerie – Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Foto: Felix Jork / Berlinische Galerie
Book Specs: Die Fotografinnen Nini und Carry Hess published by Hirmer (2021) | Editors: Eckhardt Köhn and Susanne Wartenberg | Texts by K. Bomhoff, H. Drummer, R. Jaeger, E. Köhn, M. Szwast | 256 paged with 247 color images | 22 x 28,5 cm | Bound | ISBN: 978-3-7774-3696-8 | 39,90 €. Available here.
Artists: Nini und Carry Hess (Links to Frankfurter Personenlexikon | Ein Projekt der Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung)