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The Museum of Avant-garde

Arvid Gutschow

Germany (1900—1984)

Born in 1900, Gutschow studied law before discovering photography as a self-taught photographer. In 1929 he participated in the FiFo exhibition, which brought him immediate recognition. In 1930 he published See Sand Sonne (Sea, Sand, Sun), considered one of the most compelling modernist photobooks. During the 1930s his work appeared in several German magazines, and in 1937 he joined the NSDAP. After the Second World War, his photography focused on themes related to the reconstruction of Germany.