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Established | 1992 |
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Location | Cologne, Germany |
Collections | August Sander photo archive |
Owner | SK Stiftung Kultur |
Website |
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Die Photographische Sammlung is the photography museum of the SK Stiftung Kultur , the cultural foundation of the Sparkasse KölnBonn bank in Cologne, Germany. The full name is usually stylized Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur. The collection includes an archive of the photographs of August Sander. [1]
The museum was founded in 1992 after the SK Stiftung Kultur bought the archive of the photographs of August Sander. [2] from Gerd Sander, August Sander's grandson. [3]
On February 10, 2022, claiming fair use, August's great-grandson Julian Sander released the entire archive online as almost free (other than a small admin fee) non fungible tokens (NFT) made available via the OpenSea NFT marketplace. SK Stiftung Kultur issued a copyright infringement notice to OpenSea, stating that it held the copyright of the archive until 2032. [3]
The museum sometimes lends the photographs from the original archive for exhibits about Sander, his work and that of his contemporaries. [4] [5] The museum was one of the organizers of the Bernd & Hila Becher show at the Met Museum in 2022. [6]
The collection includes over 30,000 photographs from around the world. [7] In 2021, the museum published From Becher to Blume:Photographs from the Garnatz Collection and Die Photographische Sammlung-SK Stiftung Kultur, in Dialogue. [8]
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Established | 1992 |
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Location | Cologne, Germany |
Collections | August Sander photo archive |
Owner | SK Stiftung Kultur |
Website |
museenkoeln |
Die Photographische Sammlung is the photography museum of the SK Stiftung Kultur , the cultural foundation of the Sparkasse KölnBonn bank in Cologne, Germany. The full name is usually stylized Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur. The collection includes an archive of the photographs of August Sander. [1]
The museum was founded in 1992 after the SK Stiftung Kultur bought the archive of the photographs of August Sander. [2] from Gerd Sander, August Sander's grandson. [3]
On February 10, 2022, claiming fair use, August's great-grandson Julian Sander released the entire archive online as almost free (other than a small admin fee) non fungible tokens (NFT) made available via the OpenSea NFT marketplace. SK Stiftung Kultur issued a copyright infringement notice to OpenSea, stating that it held the copyright of the archive until 2032. [3]
The museum sometimes lends the photographs from the original archive for exhibits about Sander, his work and that of his contemporaries. [4] [5] The museum was one of the organizers of the Bernd & Hila Becher show at the Met Museum in 2022. [6]
The collection includes over 30,000 photographs from around the world. [7] In 2021, the museum published From Becher to Blume:Photographs from the Garnatz Collection and Die Photographische Sammlung-SK Stiftung Kultur, in Dialogue. [8]