20th Century Photography Museum Ludwig Cologne

The history of photography began over a century and a half ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognised as a medium in its own right. Colognes Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book is drawn, is one of the most important in Germany and one of the most representative anywhere in the world, constituting the core of the museums holdings.