Fotografie der Gegenwart

Fotografie der Gegenwart (Photography of the Present) was a photographic exhibition which was one of the most important between-the-wars photographic exhibitions, particularly for its inclusion of so many artists associated with the Bauhaus/Expressionist movements.

The event was a Who's Who of Mitteleuropa photography of the period. The show was organised and curated by the art historian Kurt Wilhelm-Kästner.

The exhibition Fotografie der Gegenwart was first shown from 20 January to 17 February 1929 at Museum Folkwang in Essen and then at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover, 10 March 1929 – 17 April 1929; Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf in Berlin, 20 April 1929 – 20 May 1929; Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses in Dresden, 15 September  1929 – 6 October 1929; Ausstellungsgebäude am Adolf-Mittag-See, Magdeburg, 28 November 1929 – 19 December 1929; and the Whitechapel Gallery in London in 1929 and later at five additional venues.

Stylistic influence
German designer Walter Dexel (1890–1973) designed all the publicity material for the exhibition with Paul Renner’s Futura font. The poster for the event in Magdeburg was produced using linocut.

Participants

 * Berenice Abbott, Paris
 * Carl Albiker, Berlin
 * Eugène Atget, Paris
 * Herbert Bayer, Berlin
 * Aenne Biermann, Gera
 * Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin
 * Hilde Brinkmann-Schröder, Braunschweig
 * Mario von Bucovich, Berlin
 * Max Burchartz, Essen
 * Marliese Brunne, Berlin
 * Werner Cohnitz, Munich
 * Erich Comeriner, Berlin
 * Sammlung Raoul Corty, Vienna
 * Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski, Berlin
 * Willi Eidenbenz, Magdeburg
 * Hugo Erfurth, Dresden
 * Andreas Feininger, Berlin
 * T. Lux Feininger, Berlin
 * Hans Feidler, Dresden
 * Hans Finsler, Halle
 * F. A. Flachslander, Berlin
 * Johann Graf, Magdeburg
 * Hein Gorny, Hanover
 * John Heartfield, Berlin
 * Elisabeth Heddenhausen, Berlin
 * Kurt Hergé, Naumburg
 * Florence Henri, Paris
 * Ewald Hoinkis, Görlitz
 * Emil Otto Hoppé, London
 * F. Kautz, Essen
 * André Kertész, Paris
 * Kleinschmidt, Magdeburg
 * Rudolf Kramer, Dresden
 * Germaine Krull, Paris
 * Hans Leistikow (artist) and Grete Leistikow, Frankfurt
 * Helmar Lerski, Berlin
 * Eli Lotar, Berlin
 * Alb. Leon, Lutzel-Gelnhausen
 * Man Ray, Paris
 * Anton Meinholz, Essen
 * László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy, Berlin
 * Aenne Mosbacher, Kassel
 * Oscar and Alice Nerlinger, Berlin
 * Heinz von Perckhammer, Berlin
 * Walter Peterhans, Berlin
 * Robert Petschow, Berlin
 * Albert Renger-Patzsch, Berlin
 * Hans Richter (artist), Berlin
 * Paul Ricken, Dresden
 * Frieda Gertrud Riess, Berlin
 * Charlotte Rudolph, Dresden
 * August Sander, Cologne
 * Kurt Schwitters, Hanover
 * Gerty Simon, Berlin
 * Sasha Stone and Cami Stone, Berlin
 * UMBO – Otto Umbehr, Berlin
 * K.O. Vogelsang, Berlin
 * Vohleitner, Magdeburg
 * Friedrich Vordemberger-Gildewart, Hanover
 * Hedda Walther, Berlin
 * Eduard Wasow, Munich
 * Dr Weller, Berlin
 * H. Windisch, Berlin
 * Paul Wolff (photographer), Frankfurt am Main