Ute and Werner Mahler (born 1949 and 1950), were key figures in photography in the former GDR and co-founded the renowned photography agency Ostkreuz after the fall of the Wall. After having pursued successful careers for decades independently, the couple presented their first joint project in 2011, a series of black-and-white portraits titled “Monalisas of the Suburbs”. In 2014, a second joint project followed, “The Strange Days”, a series of large format landscape studi…

Ute und Werner Mahler (geb. 1949 und 1950) waren Schlüsselfiguren der Fotografie in der DDR und haben nach der Wende die renommierte Fotografenagentur Ostkreuz und die Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin mitbegründet. Nach den „Monalisen der Vorstädte“ im Jahr 2011 legt das Ehepaar mit "Die seltsamen Tage" das zweite gemeinsam erarbeitete Projekt vor.

Ute and Werner Mahler are being honored this spring by Hamburg's Haus der Photographie that is showing a large retrospective exhibition titled "Werkschau". Ute Mahler (born 1949) and Werner Mahler (born 1950) have been key figures of photography in the former GDR. After the German reunification they co-founded the prestigious Ostkreuz photography agency and the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin. In spring 2011 the Robert Morat Gallery showed the first joint project of the m…