Lecture
Heimat Photography and the Austrian Landscape
Dec 12 — Dec 12, 2024
A lecture presented by Elizabeth Cronin, Robert B. Menschel Curator of Photography, New York Public Library
Elizabeth Cronin, Robert B. Menschel Curator of Photography, New York Public Library
The Heimat (homeland) movement advocated for the landscape and its preservation, while it also encouraged national pride. This talk explores the importance of the Austrian landscape during the 1920s and 30s, when Austrian photographers began defining their Heimat with images of age-old mountains, pious peasants, and the modern Alpinism, thereby countering the fragility of a newly-formed Austria.