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MAPHO, a nonprofit organization created to establish a museum for architectural photography, arose from a joint initiative of architectural photographers and art historians. At present, the MAPHO founders and association are working to set up the museum at the Zollverein in Essen.
The project was inspired by the following idea: buildings age and are then renovated, modified, or demolished, whereas architectural photographs usually survive them. Negatives, slides and prints are thus authentic historical records that are not overly susceptible to aging if properly stored.
MAPHO will provide an archive of architectural photography — a living historical record that collects and preserves for future generations the works of deceased architectural photographers as well as photographic collections on the topics of architecture, urban development, and industry. MAPHO will exhibit selected works from its collection as well as enable digital access to its archive. This requires a museum equipped with all the technology required to catalogue, conserve, present, and provide access to its collection.
MAPHO will be presenting a juxtaposition of historical and contemporary architectural photography in the Visual Gallery, with the 20th century to be represented by Heinrich Heidersberger and contemporary work by photographers such as Klaus Frahm, Wolfram Janzer, Tomas Riehle, and Lukas Roth.
The exhibition has been assembled in cooperation with the Institut Heidersberger in Wolfsburg
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© institute heidersberger / artur / MAPHO
Heinrich Heidersberger: Television tower, Hannover, 1958 |
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© Thomas Riehle /artur / MAPHO, Museum für Architekturphotographie (Schürmann) 1999
Klaus Frahm: Casa Malaparte, Capri, 1999 |
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