Bodo von Dewitz
author
Bodo Balthasar von Dewitz (1950–2017) was a prominent German art historian and curator specializing in the history of photography. He served as the chief curator of the Agfa Foto-Historama collection at Museum Ludwig in Cologne from 1985 until his death. His scholarly work is characterized by a rigorous historical approach, treating photographs not merely as aesthetic objects but as crucial cultural documents. He was an initiator of numerous exhibitions on photojournalism and historical image research. Von Dewitz received the Annual Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in 2002 for his co-edited work 'Kiosk: A History of Photojournalism'.[1,2,3]
- history of photography
- photojournalism
- historical image research
Books
Works by Bodo von Dewitz
- 2000 Hill & Adamson: Von den Anfängen der künstlerischen Photographie im 19. Jahrhundert Co-edited with Karin Schuller-Procopovici.
- 2002 Kiosk: A History of Photojournalism Co-edited with Robert Lebeck.
Exhibitions
- 2000 David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson: von den Anfängen der künstlerischen Photographie im 19. Jahrhundert
Awards
- 2002 Annual Infinity Award