Joachim Giesel, Der Vorstand der spectrum Photogalerie (Peter Gauditz, Heinrich Riebesehl, Karin Blüher, Wolfgang Borges und Joachim Giesel) in der Ausstellung Charlotte March. Modelle und Menschen, Hannover, 1973.
A room full of photographs in which the five founding members of spectrum Photogalerie proudly present the results of their curatorial work. Although the quintet constantly works with a camera due to their profession, there are only a few image documents of their exhibitions. The photograph from 1973 provides a rare insight into the gallery on the first floor of Karmarschstraße 44 in the center of Hanover, where Charlotte March – Models and People is the first solo exhibition by a female artist. The Hamburg photographer’s works are hung close together on a black background in various formats, while one photograph is positioned freely in the room. The exhibits include a four-part series with a model in black fur, revealing her naked upper body. March, who breaks with the gender images of international fashion and advertising photography in her work, has chosen a male model here and thus consciously decided against staging the exposed female body. The “first lady of contemporary photography” questions stereotypical masculinities and shows emancipated women. In the exhibition catalog, Wolfgang Borges not only pays tribute to the photographer’s work by giving her this title, but also points to the topicality and relevance of the exhibition in Hanover.
Mathilde Blum
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