"Black District" by Heinrich Hauser
Exhibition and re-publication of the classic photographic portrait of the Ruhr region
Ruhr Museum, Level 17 (before permanent exhibition) / Photo: Ruhr Museum, Stefanie Grebe
He was an author, a sailor, a world traveller and an unusual photographer: Heinrich Hauser. His photographic journey Black District, created on a 6,000-kilometre journey through the region in 1929, provided readers with fascinating observations and impressive images from an area known by few people at the time.
Hauser's photographic portrait is, besides Albert Renger-Patzsch's Ruhr Landscapes, one of the early photographic masterpieces on the Ruhr region and shows Hauser as a representative of the "new watchers" that have inspired generations of photographers.
As part of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, the Ruhr Museum will show Hauser's works at the Gallery Kohlenwäsche at Zeche Zollverein, pit XII, in an architectural setting that was created at the same time Hauser composed his travelogues - thereby providing interesting reference points.
The exhibition will be shown at the same time as the retrospective The new Ruhr and thus provides intriguing counterpoints to the recent and contemporary Ruhr.
September 26, 2010 - February 16, 2011
Ruhr Museum, Essen
Daily, 10:00 - 19:00
The Weidle-Verlag will re-publish the book, which had been out of stock for a long time.
Exclusive sponsor for photography: Savings Banks Finance Group
You can find more information (in German) at
www.ruhrmuseum.de