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Kesting, Edmund
(1892-1970)Kameramann (Konstantin Kestting with camera)

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Kameramann (Konstantin Kesting with camera). 1948. Gelatin silver print, printed later. 21,8 x 29,7 cm. Photographer's stamp, signed by Gerda Kesting and annotated in pencil on the verso.

The German photographer, painter, and professor Edmund Kesting is associated with Expressionism and New Vision photography, his work bridging avant-garde experimentation and formal abstraction. From the 1920s onward, he employed techniques such as multiple exposure, photograms, and solarization to produce dynamic portraits, nudes, and abstract compositions. After 1945, he continued this experimental approach with camera-less processes and what he termed “chemical painting.”

Literatur: Edmund Kesting. Ein Maler sieht durch's Objektiv. Halle: Fotokino, 1958, ill. plate 62.