Ruth Hallensleben. Solo quello che c'era
16.04.2011 - 31.03.2012
The second show organized by the Rolla Foundation is dedicated to the German photographer Ruth Hallensleben. Her work is not only a poetic vision or a technical feat but a testimonial to the historical period in which she lived, 20th Century Germany. Little space is left to individualism in favor of a global vision. Each object she photographs, even when under commission, is represented in relation to a determined space, it is never a simple still life. The atmosphere of a place, a time, of a society, lives in the images of Ruth Hallensleben.
Ruth Hallensleben
Industrial Image #20, 1930
gelatin silver print
11,1 × 16,4 cm
Between 1931 and 1934 she worked as an apprentice for the famous portrait and landscape photographer Elsbeth Gropp. In 1934, she opened her own studio. After training in portrait photography, she took up her predestined role as an industrial photographer. Her work is not only a poetic vision or a technical experiment but is also a testimony to the historical period she lived in, Germany during the 20th century. Very little room is left to individualism in the name of a more global vision. In 1945, fearing that the allied forces would confiscate all her photographic equipment and archives, she put all this material in three boxes which she buried in the forest of Wiehl. Three years later, two of the three boxes were found with their contents undamaged and she was able to resume her photographic activity.
Pages: 48 Softcover
Illustrations: 31 four-color print
Language: Italian/English
Texts: Christian Marazzi
Edition: Fondazione Rolla, 2011
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Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
(Industrial Image #20), 1930,
gelatin silver print
11,1 × 16,4 cm
(Industrial Image #18), 1930-40, gelatin silver print 13,3 × 10,5 cm
(Industrial Image #21), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
12,4 × 8,6 cm
(Industrial Image), 1930,
gelatin silver print
12,1 × 17,5 cm
(Large Pipe Section), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
11,7 × 15,5 cm
(Exterior Building Pipes), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
12,1 × 16,5 cm
(Industrial Container), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
15,2 × 21,9 cm
(Pipes and Tanks in Warehouse), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
15,2 × 21,9 cm
(Hilgers Tank Transport), 1930-40,
gelatin silver print
11 × 16,1 cm
(Bridge Construction. Re-building of the Gueule Valley Viaduct),1940,
gelatin silver print
22 × 17 cm
Ruhrland am Abend
(Ruhr Evening Landscape), 1940s,
gelatin silver print
38 × 27,5 cm
Erz- Aufbereitung
(Coal Mine), 1940s,
gelatin silver print
19,6 × 17,1 cm
Spurem im Feld
(Plowed Field), 1950s,
gelatin silver print
20,5 × 17,2 cm
Holzstapel
(Stacked Lumber)
gelatin silver print
21,9 × 17,4 cm
Untitled, 1949,
gelatin silver print
23 × 17,5 cm
Siegerländer Industrie, 1950,
gelatin silver print
22,9 × 17 cm
Siegerländer Industrie, 1951,
gelatin silver print
22,1 × 17,1 cm
(Washing Machines), 1963,
gelatin silver print
19,8 × 16,5 cm
Siegerländer Industrie, 1953,
gelatin silver print
22,9 × 15,6 cm
Siegerländer Industrie, 1942,
gelatin silver print
22 × 16,6cm
Industriewasser - Blink in Einen
(Industrial Sprinkling System), 1950s,
gelatin silver print
20 × 17,5 cm
Untitled, 1952,
gelatin silver print
23 × 17,5 cm
Chemische Werke Holland
(Chemical Factory Holland), 1954,
gelatin silver print
22,5 × 16,5 cm
Kraftwerk Knepper
(Powerplant Knepper), 1955,
gelatin silver print
17,7 × 23,2 cm
(Gasoline Refinery), 1956,
gelatin silver print
22 × 17 cm
Untitled
gelatin silver print
16,5 × 16 cm
Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
apetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1956,
gelatin silver print
23,4 × 17,4 cm
Tapetenmuster, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach
(Wallpaper Sample, Fa. Pickardt + Siebert, Gummersbach), 1959,
gelatin silver print
23,8 × 17,9 cm
Beim Schweissen, Maschinenfabrik Meer
(Welding Meer Factory), 1941,
gelatin silver print
23,1 × 16,9 cm