Robert Lebeck: Face the Camera

Among the most esteemed German photojournalists of the postwar period, Robert Lebeck used his charisma and mischievous nature to instantly and naturally connect with his subjects. He made no distinction between rich or poor; in front of his camera, all were equal. His photographs of celebrities and world leaders such as Elvis Presley, Woody Allen, Romy Schneider and Willy Brandt have long been lodged in Germany’s collective visual memory.

The exhibition shows mostly unpublished photographs from the late 1950s to the ’70s. Face the Camera allows to discover Lebeck’s endless sense of wonder and ferocious curiosity for everyday life in a time of great change.