Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur

Die Photographische Sammlung is the photography museum of the SK Stiftung Kultur, the cultural foundation of the Sparkasse KölnBonn bank in Cologne, Germany. The full name is usually stylized Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur. The collection includes an archive of the photographs of August Sander.[1]

Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
Established1992
LocationCologne, Germany
CollectionsAugust Sander photo archive
OwnerSK Stiftung Kultur
Websitemuseenkoeln.de/portal/Die-Photographische-Sammlung

History

The museum was founded in 1992 after the SK Stiftung Kultur bought the archive of the photographs of August Sander.[2] from Gerd Sander, August Sander's grandson.[3]

On February 10, 2022, claiming fair use, August's great-grandson Julian Sander released the entire archive online as almost free (other than a small admin fee) non fungible tokens (NFT) made available via the OpenSea NFT marketplace. SK Stiftung Kultur issued a copyright infringement notice to OpenSea, stating that it held the copyright of the archive until 2032.[3]

Activities
An archivist viewing one of the archive's glass negatives on a light table

The museum sometimes lends the photographs from the original archive for exhibits about Sander, his work and that of his contemporaries.[4][5] The museum was one of the organizers of the Bernd & Hila Becher show at the Met Museum in 2022.[6]

The collection includes over 30,000 photographs from around the world.[7] In 2021, the museum published From Becher to Blume:Photographs from the Garnatz Collection and Die Photographische Sammlung-SK Stiftung Kultur, in Dialogue.[8]

See also

References
  1. Freddy Langer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (online), Frankfurt: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. May 15, 2022 (in German)
  2. "museenkoeln.de | Die Photographische Sammlung". museenkoeln.de.
  3. SEYMOUR, T. Major court battle looms over August Sander NFT launch. Art Newspaper, [s. l.], v. 31, n. 345, p. 12, 2022. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=156773093&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 16 dez. 2022.
  4. "August Sander, man of the moment". 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  5. "What Bernd and Hilla Becher Saw in the Remnants of Industry". 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  6. "Bernd & Hilla Becher". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  7. KölnBonn, Stiftung Kultur der Sparkasse (2018-11-28). "Die Photographische Sammlung". www.sk-kultur.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  8. Schubert, Claudia (2021-02-03). From Becher to Blume: Photographs from the Garnatz Collection and Die Photographische Sammlung-SK Stiftung Kultur, in Dialogue. Snoeck. ISBN 978-3-86442-323-9.

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