Press Photographer Collection

Eadweard Muybridge: The Flight of Birds (b / w photo)
6015740 Eadweard Muybridge: The Flight of Birds (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flight of Birds)

Eadweard Muybridge: Transverse-Gallop (b / w photo)
6015711 Eadweard Muybridge: Transverse-Gallop (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Transverse-Gallop)

Kloster Maulbronn, Brunnen im Kreuzgang; Maulbronn Abbey, Well in the Cloister (b / w photo)
7164916 Kloster Maulbronn, Brunnen im Kreuzgang; Maulbronn Abbey, Well in the Cloister (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kloster Maulbronn)

Spain: Granada, In the Albaicin (b / w photo)
6017728 Spain: Granada, In the Albaicin (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Granada, In the Albaicin)

Italy: Fondi, Castello (b / w photo)
6011687 Italy: Fondi, Castello (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fondi, Castello)

Ceriana (b / w photo)
7152785 Ceriana (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ceriana. Illustration for Italien, Baukunst und Landschaft (Ernst Wasmuth, 1925)

Milano, Sul tetto del Duomo; Milan, On the roof of the Cathedral (b / w photo)
7152755 Milano, Sul tetto del Duomo; Milan, On the roof of the Cathedral (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Milano, Sul tetto del Duomo; Milan)

The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, catching at a ball, "error"(b / w photo)
6010145 The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, catching at a ball, " error" (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athlete, catching at a ball)

Romania: At the Ghilcos Lake (b / w photo)
6017509 Romania: At the Ghilcos Lake (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Ghilcos Lake)

John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono Receiving Journalists
(FILES) Picture taken on March 25, 1969 of Beatles member John Lennon (L) and his wife Yoko Ono receiving journalists in the bedroom of the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam

On a sunny morning, the rough box with the glorious remains of Andree and Strindberg... (colour litho)
2777981 On a sunny morning, the rough box with the glorious remains of Andree and Strindberg... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: On a sunny morning)

Sonnecken & Co. Depot of Photographic Articles, 1898 (Lithography)
398364 Sonnecken & Co. Depot of Photographic Articles, 1898 (Lithography) by Winckel, Richard (1870-1941); JMK Archiv, Bremen

Italy: Gaeta,s Francesco (b / w photo)
6011688 Italy: Gaeta,s Francesco (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gaeta,s Francesco)

Italy: Sulmona, Abruzzi (b / w photo)
6011652 Italy: Sulmona, Abruzzi (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sulmona, Abruzzi)

Italy: Volterra, Mura etrusche (b / w photo)
6011602 Italy: Volterra, Mura etrusche (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Volterra, Mura etrusche)

Italy: Piacenza, Palazzo Municipale (b / w photo)
6011583 Italy: Piacenza, Palazzo Municipale (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piacenza, Palazzo Municipale)

Italy: Padova, Palazzo de Capitanio (b / w photo)
6011581 Italy: Padova, Palazzo de Capitanio (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Padova, Palazzo de Capitanio)

Italy: Udine, Palazzo del Municipio (b / w photo)
6011559 Italy: Udine, Palazzo del Municipio (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Udine, Palazzo del Municipio)

Italy: Forni di sotto (b / w photo)
6011550 Italy: Forni di sotto (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forni di sotto. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher)

Italy: Brescia, Madonna de Miracoli (b / w photo)
6011548 Italy: Brescia, Madonna de Miracoli (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brescia, Madonna de Miracoli)

Italy: Lago di Garda, Tremosine (b / w photo)
6011541 Italy: Lago di Garda, Tremosine (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lago di Garda, Tremosine)

Italy: M Bianco presso Courmayeur (b / w photo)
6011540 Italy: M Bianco presso Courmayeur (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: M Bianco presso Courmayeur)

Italy: Ghiacciaio Ruitor (b / w photo)
6011536 Italy: Ghiacciaio Ruitor (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ghiacciaio Ruitor)

Italy: Castello St Pierre (b / w photo)
6011534 Italy: Castello St Pierre (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castello St Pierre)

Italy: Vernazza, Riviera (b / w photo)
6011523 Italy: Vernazza, Riviera (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vernazza, Riviera)

Italy: Chatillon (b / w photo)
6011521 Italy: Chatillon (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chatillon. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher (F A Brockhaus)

Italy: Ninfa, Lavandaie (b / w photo)
6011667 Italy: Ninfa, Lavandaie (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ninfa, Lavandaie)

Italy: Scalea, Calabria, Chiesa (b / w photo)
6011747 Italy: Scalea, Calabria, Chiesa (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scalea, Calabria, Chiesa)

Italy: Costume dis Giovanni in Fiore, Calabria (b / w photo)
6011739 Italy: Costume dis Giovanni in Fiore, Calabria (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Costume dis Giovanni in Fiore, Calabria)

Italy: Lecce,s Croce (b / w photo)
6011718 Italy: Lecce,s Croce (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lecce,s Croce. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher)

Italy: Serracapriola (b / w photo)
6011712 Italy: Serracapriola (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Serracapriola. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher)

Lago di Como, Villa Arconati; Lake of Como, Villa Arconati (b / w photo)
7152747 Lago di Como, Villa Arconati; Lake of Como, Villa Arconati (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lago di Como, Villa Arconati; Lake of Como)

Al Castello Arco; Castello Arco (b / w photo)
7152732 Al Castello Arco; Castello Arco (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Al Castello Arco; Castello Arco)

Castello Arco sui Lago di Garda; Castello Arco on the Lake of Garda (b / w photo)
7152731 Castello Arco sui Lago di Garda; Castello Arco on the Lake of Garda (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info)

Belluno, Palazzo dei Rettori (b / w photo)
7152727 Belluno, Palazzo dei Rettori (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Belluno, Palazzo dei Rettori)

Castello Soave (b / w photo)
7152723 Castello Soave (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castello Soave. Illustration for Italien, Baukunst und Landschaft (Ernst Wasmuth, 1925)

Verona, Piazza delle Erbe (b / w photo)
7152713 Verona, Piazza delle Erbe (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Verona, Piazza delle Erbe)

Venezia, Canale col Campanile; Venice, Canal with the Campanile (b / w photo)
7152702 Venezia, Canale col Campanile; Venice, Canal with the Campanile (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Venezia, Canale col Campanile; Venice)

Venezia,s Maria della Salute; Venice,s Maria della Salute (b / w photo)
7152699 Venezia,s Maria della Salute; Venice,s Maria della Salute (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info)

Venezia, La torre dell orologio, Chiesa dis Marco, Palazzo Ducale; Venice, Clock Tower, St Mark s
7152698 Venezia, La torre dell orologio, Chiesa dis Marco, Palazzo Ducale; Venice, Clock Tower, St Mark s, Palace of the Doges (b/w photo) by Hielscher

Venezia, Il Palazzo Ducale e la Plazzetta; Venice, Palaces of the Doges and the Piazza (b / w photo)
7152697 Venezia, Il Palazzo Ducale e la Plazzetta; Venice, Palaces of the Doges and the Piazza (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Venezia)

Venezia, La Colonna dis Marco es Maria della Salute; Venice, Column of St Mark
7152694 Venezia, La Colonna dis Marco es Maria della Salute; Venice, Column of St Mark and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute (b/w photo) by Hielscher

Danzig, Sternwarte und Krantor; Dantzic, Observatory and Krantor (b / w photo)
7165071 Danzig, Sternwarte und Krantor; Dantzic, Observatory and Krantor (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Danzig, Sternwarte und Krantor; Dantzic)

Lubeck, Salzspeicher; Lubeck, Salt Warehouses (b / w photo)
7165064 Lubeck, Salzspeicher; Lubeck, Salt Warehouses (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lubeck, Salzspeicher; Lubeck, Salt Warehouses)

Kiel, Der Riesenschwimmkran (links) der Germaniawerft; Kiel, Giant floating crane (left)
7165056 Kiel, Der Riesenschwimmkran (links) der Germaniawerft; Kiel, Giant floating crane (left) of the Germania Shipbuilding Yards (b/w photo) by Hielscher

Am Ratzeburger See; Ratzeburg Lake (b / w photo)
7165051 Am Ratzeburger See; Ratzeburg Lake (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Am Ratzeburger See; Ratzeburg Lake)

Munster (Westfalen), Stadtweinhaus und Rathaus; Munster (Westphalia), Stadtweinhaus and Town Hall (b / w photo)
7165040 Munster (Westfalen), Stadtweinhaus und Rathaus; Munster (Westphalia), Stadtweinhaus and Town Hall (b/w photo) by Hielscher

Hameln, Das Hochzeitshaus;Hameln, The "Marriage House"(b / w photo)
7165035 Hameln, Das Hochzeitshaus; Hameln, The " Marriage House" (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hameln, Das Hochzeitshaus; Hameln)

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"Capturing Moments: The Life of a Press Photographer" In the world of photography, press photographers hold a unique position, and are the silent observers, armed with their cameras, ready to freeze moments in time that tell stories beyond words. Eadweard Muybridge's iconic black and white photograph "Transverse-Gallop" showcases the power of motion frozen in an instant. From Italy's enchanting Fondi Castle to the picturesque town of Ceriana, these black and white photographs transport us to different corners of the world. Each frame captures fragments of history, preserving them for generations to come. On Milan's majestic Duomo rooftop, a press photographer fearlessly perches capturing breathtaking views from above. "The Human Figure in Motion" reveals an athlete caught mid-action as he reaches out to catch a ball – a momentary error immortalized forever through monochrome lens. John Lennon and Yoko Ono stand before journalists, their faces filled with anticipation as they receive questions that will shape their legacy. Traveling back in time to Germany during the 1930s, we witness skilled hands polishing lenses in an optical factory and testing them meticulously. These images remind us that behind every exceptional photograph lies craftsmanship and dedication. On sunny mornings, amidst vibrant colors depicted through lithography prints like "The Glorious Remains, " press photographers venture into uncharted territories seeking hidden beauty even within ruins. Sonnecken & Co. 's depot takes us back to 1898 when photographic articles were treasured possessions waiting patiently on shelves for creative minds. Italy beckons once again with Francesco Church standing tall against a backdrop captured by black and white film while Sulmona enchants us with its timeless charm through another monochromatic frame. Through these glimpses into various facets of life captured by press photographers throughout history, we realize their profound impact on our collective memory. Their lenses have become portals connecting past eras with our present, reminding us of the power of visual storytelling.