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Du 3 octobre 2019 au 12 janvier 2020, le Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe de Hambourg accueille une exposition intitulée « Amateurfotografie. Vom Bauhaus zu Instagram ».«&#160;In the exhibition AmateurPhotography. From Bauhaus to Instagram, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG) takes a closer look atamateur photography and its innovative power. Ever since the invention ofphotography, the amateur has played a key role in its development, with artistsat the Bauhaus in particular recognizing the creative freedom afforded by thecasual use of the camera. The democratic and political potential of amateurphotography was likewise discovered in the 1920s. Both aspects are still ofgreat importance for the way we deal with images. Amateur photography in theearly twentieth century heralded the birth of a mass phenomenon, which todaytakes the form of an inundation of digital images. Every day, billions of smartphone owners aroundthe world take snapshots of their daily lives. They post their pictures onvarious social media channels, chiefly Instagram, in order to share them withfriends, but also with people they have never met. Photographs have become a centralmedium of communication, making amateur photography more relevant than everbefore. The exhibition compares the pictorial worlds of historical andcontemporary amateur photographers, shedding light on their motivations andgoals, and examining whether and how the digital amateur photography practisedtoday on a massive scale differs from its historical precursors. Over 200exhibits by numerous amateur photographers, classical avant-garde artists, andtheir contemporary counterparts will be on show, along with magazines andjournals, books, and digital documents.Sponsored by the FondsBauhausheute ofKulturstiftung des Bundes, supported by Mondriaan Fund.&#160;»Plus d’informationssur le sitedu musée.Sur lecatalogue d’exposition, voir le sitede l’éditeur.Illustration&#160;: Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Bandelow (1870–1923), Filmschachteln mit kleinfor-matigen Fotografien, vers 1910, Hambourg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Photo : (c) MKG