Image agency for art, culture and history
The picture agency for art, culture and history (bpk) (formerly: Picture archive Preußischer Kulturbesitz ) is an institution of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and has existed since 1966. The picture agency is housed and owned in a house named after Otto Nagel on Märkischer Ufer in Berlin 's Mitte district According to the company, twelve million photos, caricatures and drawings from the fields of art, culture and history.
Organizationally, the picture agency is a department of the Berlin State Library .
Photographer collections
The mentioned photographers (in alphabetical order) had the following main areas of work:
- Arthur Grimm : Second World War
- Bernd Heyden : Everyday Life in Prenzlauer Berg , 1970s to 1980s
- Hanns Hubmann : Current Affairs, 1930s to 1980s
- Gerhard Kiesling : Contemporary history and culture of the GDR
- Bernd Lohse : Travel, 1930s to 1950s
- Willi Moegle : Design and Advertising, 1920s to 1990s
- Hildegard Ochse : Everyday Life and Current Events in Berlin, 1980s to 1990s
- Hilmar Pabel : Contemporary History, 1930s to 1970s
- Erich Salomon : Contemporary History, 1920 / 1930s
- Friedrich Seidenstücker : Everyday Life and Current Events in Berlin, 1920 to 1950s
- Abisag Tüllmann : Everyday Life, Culture and Politics in the FRG , 1950s to 1980s
- Charles Paul Wilp : advertising, 1950s to 1970s
- Benno Wundshammer : Current Affairs , 1930s to 1970s
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Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 46.4 " N , 13 ° 24 ′ 36.7" E