Untitled (Documentation of Harvest for Andersen & Co) c. 1939 - 1940
photography, gelatin-silver-print
still-life-photography
sculpture
photography
geometric
gelatin-silver-print
monochrome photography
monochrome
realism
monochrome
Copyright: Public Domain
Karl Theodor Gremmler made this photograph, titled *Documentation of Harvest for Andersen & Co*. What I love about this photo is the sheer volume of the harvest. It makes me think of the endless repetition and labor that goes into food production. The crates are stacked high, each filled with these dark, rounded forms. I wonder, are they potatoes? Or some other root vegetable? I can almost feel the weight of them, the earthy smell rising from the crates. There's a stillness to the image, but also a sense of abundance and accumulation. It’s amazing how a simple black and white photograph can hold so much. What do you see?
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Karl Theodor Gremmler belonged to the generation that embarked on their careers after the National Socialist accession to power. He specialized in photos of industrial food production. His customers included the biscuit manufacturer Bahlsen, “Kaffee HAG”, and above all the Hochseefischerei- Gesellschaft Hamburg, Andersen & Co. K. G. Gremmler photographed the products’ entire process chain from the harvest or catch to the packaging. The photo book Men at the Net, published in 1939 on his own initiative, is a detailed portrayal of navigation and fishing. With the aid of harsh shadows, oblique perspectives, and views from below, his scenes of workers in heroic poses were meant to convey the progressiveness of the German food industry. The design principles served the purposes of Nazi propaganda, which generously sponsored advertising measures of this kind.
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