Artist Tour

Berlin found itself in flux after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, caught between past and future. The city was defined by political upheaval and a housing shortage, but the 1990s was also the time when a new and confident generation flourished, rediscovering the city’s spaces. The exhibition highlights the profound transformation of the city as well as the contradictions and uncertainties of that decade. C/O Berlin delves into the archive of nine OSTKREUZ photographers who documented the era, including Anne Schönharting and Sibylle Bergemann.

Join the photographer, Frieda von Wild and Lily von Wild from the Estate Sibylle Bergemann and Junior Curator Veronika Epple on an exclusive tour of the exhibition and learn more about the creation stories behind the presented series. Gain unique insights into selected works that offer a personal perspective on the turbulent 1990s in Berlin.

Anne Schönharting (b. in Meissen, 1973) studied photography at the Lette Verein Berlin from 1995 to 1998. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and received various awards. From 2020 to 2021 Schönharting held a guest professorship at Bauhaus- Universität Weimar, and at Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel in 2022. She began teaching at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin in 2024. Her book Das Erbe (The Legacy, Hartmann Books, Stuttgart) was honored with the Goldener Nagel prize by the Art Directors Club Germany and the gold German Photo Book Prize. Her second book, Habitat, was published in 2022 (Hartmann Books, Stuttgart). Schönharting lives and works in Berlin. OSTKREUZ member since 1999.

Sibylle Bergemann (b. in Berlin, 1941 and died in Gransee, 2010)  began training as a photographer under Arno Fischer on completing a vocational apprenticeship. Over the course of over four decades, she created an extraordinary oeuvre of urban, fashion, and portrait photography as well as essayistic reportage. Her work has been included in countless collections, exhibitions, and catalog publications. In 2022 the Berlinische Galerie presented a comprehensive retrospective in collaboration with the Sibylle Bergemann Estate titled Sibylle Bergemann: Town and Country and Dogs; Photographs 1966–2010. OSTKREUZ founding member.