The Suspended Revolution. Photography and the Communist Press in Weimar Germany (1918–1933).
Macula| N° d'inventaire | 31624 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 440 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2025 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782865891658 |
Between 1918 and 1933, as the new German democracy faced the rise of Nazism, the radical left organized and developed the concept of agitprop, a language and methods that would have a lasting influence on the discourse on photography. In The Suspended Revolution , Christian Joschke introduces us to the fabric of the revolutionary imagination by focusing on various instruments serving agitprop: the Secours ouvrier international (SOI), the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung ("Illustrated Workers' Journal") and associations of workers' photographers.
Created in 1921 by the German communist activist Willi Münzenberg, originally with the aim of providing assistance to victims of famine in Russia, International Workers' Relief was a key instrument for advancing the communist cause abroad. Lacking photos to document its actions, Münzenberg created several structures: photo agencies, publishing houses, illustrated press, including the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung , one of the most widely read newspapers of the time, known in particular for the satirical photomontages created by John Heartfield between 1929 and 1938. Always on the lookout for images embodying the cause of the people, Münzenberg used the services of worker photographers. Indeed, who better than the dominated could report on the struggles in which they found themselves engaged?
By tracing the history of images and the illustrated press in the troubled Germany of the Weimar Republic, Christian Joschke brilliantly brings back to life a whole section of left-wing activism and the communist press.
Between 1918 and 1933, as the new German democracy faced the rise of Nazism, the radical left organized and developed the concept of agitprop, a language and methods that would have a lasting influence on the discourse on photography. In The Suspended Revolution , Christian Joschke introduces us to the fabric of the revolutionary imagination by focusing on various instruments serving agitprop: the Secours ouvrier international (SOI), the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung ("Illustrated Workers' Journal") and associations of workers' photographers.
Created in 1921 by the German communist activist Willi Münzenberg, originally with the aim of providing assistance to victims of famine in Russia, International Workers' Relief was a key instrument for advancing the communist cause abroad. Lacking photos to document its actions, Münzenberg created several structures: photo agencies, publishing houses, illustrated press, including the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung , one of the most widely read newspapers of the time, known in particular for the satirical photomontages created by John Heartfield between 1929 and 1938. Always on the lookout for images embodying the cause of the people, Münzenberg used the services of worker photographers. Indeed, who better than the dominated could report on the struggles in which they found themselves engaged?
By tracing the history of images and the illustrated press in the troubled Germany of the Weimar Republic, Christian Joschke brilliantly brings back to life a whole section of left-wing activism and the communist press.