Bernd Schuler has wanted to become a photographer as long as he can remember. He shared his creative streak with his mother, who was a hat maker. He was encouraged by a good family friend, who was prepared to lend the ten-year-old a Contax single-lens reflex camera, with which he photographed to his heart’s content. After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship with a photographer in Landau, near his home town of Bellheim. Since he previously acquired much theoretica… more

TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS – a retrospective of the work of Petra Arnold

The Galerie d'Art Contemporain Am Tunnel & Espace Edward Steichen will be showing TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS - a retrospective of the work of the artist Petra Arnold (*1966 in Heidelberg) - from 5 July 2010 to 16 January 2011, which will include over 150 photographs from the period 1996 – 2010. A large number of the photographs exhibited are vintage prints.

Visitors will not see any bright, prettif… more