Frank Gaudlitz, Amélie Losier

Face to FacePublic program

Exhibition tour

The life of modern Arab women and indigenous people of Latin America as seen by contemporary German photographers

Yard Building Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor

29.02.2020on 16:00

On the first day of the "Face to Face" exhibition, Frank Gaudlitz and Amélie Losier will lead a tour of the exhibition that has united two photographic projects, which originated in long and far-away journeys. Frank Gaudlitz visited South America, where he followed the steps of the outstanding scientist Alexander von Humboldt (“The Road of the Sun”), and Amélie Losier brought her works from today’s Cairo, where she explored the urban life of modern Arab women (“Sayeda”).

In German with Russian translation

Cost: 150 rubles, in addition to general admission

About the authors

Frank Gaudlitz

Frank Gaudlitz, born in Vetschau in 1958, studied photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst between 1987 and 1991. Since then, he has realized numerous photographic projects, the results of which have been shown in just as many exhibitions. Today, Gaudlitz is one of the most famous German photographers living. His latest book project “Russian Times 1988–2018” was published in 2019. Spanning over 30 years, it covers three periods Russia’s recent history and societal changes.

Amélie Losier

Amélie Losier, born in Versailles, France, in 1976, studied documentary photography between 2001 and 2005 at the “Fotografie am Schiffbauerdamm” school in Berlin under Arno Fischer. Amélie has been a freelance photographer in Berlin and Paris since 2001 and a photographer for Die Tageszeitung since 2004. Her work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions, including “New York: Illustrations,” Le Dépot des Photographes Gallery, Paris, 2001; “Quand la ville dort. The night workers,” Akademie der Künste, Klostergalerie, Zehdenick (book), 2008; “Berlinale Backstage,” Schauspielhaus, Magdeburg, 2013; “Stalin Allee vs Karl-Marx Allee,” Fenster61, Berlin, 2014; “SAYEDA, Women in Egypt,” Institut Français de Jordanie, 5th Image Festival, Amman, Jordan; Festival Zurich Liest, Modissa, Zurich, Switzerland; Haus am Kleistpark Projektraum, Berlin (book), 2016–2018.