Opening: July 21, 2023 - 19:00, the photographer will be present.
Guided tour: July 22, 2023 - 12:00 p.m.
Duration: July 22 - October 07. 2023 | Admission free
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10.00 - 18.30, Saturday 09.30 - 17.00 or by appointment.
“JOURNEY THROUGH TIME or LITTLE ME
It is a question that probably most of us have asked ourselves at one time or another: What would I say if I met my child self? What advice would I give him? In her exhibition "My Inner Child And Me: A Document From Individual TIME TRAVELERS," German photographer Petra Gerwers offers well-known personalities a stage for this question.
Eight years ago, Petra Gerwers started the "TIME TRAVELERS": She asked photographers, actors and others to write a letter to her former self as a child. The words that came out were very personal and moving: "I still think of you from time to time. Then I hope that I have not left you behind and still carry you somewhere inside me [...]" writes, for example, Esther Schuler, actress and translator of sign language. "I always feel it," writes photographer Ivo von Renner to the child with "suppressed" giftedness, "but if you could tell me just once, to make me feel equal in the world of others, that would change a lot."
But Petra Gerwers did not leave it at the letter, but also requested a childhood photo to visualize who the recipient of the letter is. The project is completed by a current portrait, taken by the photographer herself, always through a window pane; the reflections in the glass give a hint as to which place or which event was particularly indicative in the respective past or is for the present of the person portrayed.
"My Inner Child And Me: A Document From Individual TIME TRAVELERS" is an authentic examination of different lifestyles and a self-reflection by the protagonists. Petra Gerwers' portraits were mostly taken with a Leica Monochrom. A total of 25 people can be found in the exhibition, including Nick Ùt and Kim Phuc (both known for their picture of a girl burned by napalm during the Vietnam War), Kristian Schuller (fashion photographer), Klaus Honnef (art historian and critic), Andrea Lüdke (actress), as well as Ivo von Renner and Esther Schuler.”
Text: Leica Gallery Konstanz
The exhibition was created in cooperation with WhiteWall Media GmbH, Europaallee 59, D-50226 Frechen - "The best photo lab in the world" (TIPA World Awards 2023) | www.whitewall.com/de