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Ruge, Willi
(1892-1961)Die Bombe ist ausgelöst...

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Die Bombe ist ausgelöst.... 1942. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 15 x 11,5 cm. Typed press text and collection/date stamp on the verso.

This image brings to mind Willi Ruge's series "I Photograph Myself During a Parachute Jump" for which Ruge actually jumped out of a plane with a parachute. The text on the verso of this print reads: "Der Flugzeugführer hat seine Ju 88 gerade wieder abgefangen. Die körperliche Belastung, durch den Sturzflug hervorgerufen, ist doch deutlich auf seinem Gesicht erkennbar". Ruge was known for his photographic essays published in the magazines of the 1920s-30s, and he founded his own picture agency Fotoaktuell. Both a daredevil and photographer, he attempted to place the viewer in the center of the action and thus achieved truly innovative images. Sadly, his archive was destroyed during an air raid on Berlin in 1943, making his photographs very rare. – A few light handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.