The Streets of Jerusalem
20th-century Jerusalem was not only a meeting place for the three monotheistic world religions, but also for travellers from many nations. With their ‘foreign perspective’, the German visitors took photos of the Old City and its sights, but also of the people and animals that lived there. In the exhibition ‘The Streets of Jerusalem’, selected photographs from Greifswald’s Dalman Collection merge to unfold a special topography of the city, in line with the biographies of the photographers.
The Photographers
Gustaf Dalman
Life dates: 1855–1941
Profession: theologian
Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1899
Photographic manner: documentary
Valentin Schwöbel
Life dates: 1863–1921
Profession: theologian
Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1905
Photographic manner: technophile
Heinrich Seeger
Life dates: 1888–1945
Profession: theologian
Visit to the Holy Land: 1914, 1929/30
Photographic manner: aesthetic
Alfred Jepsen
Life dates: 1900–1979
Profession: theologian
Visit to the Holy Land: 1955
Photographic manner: spontaneous
Gil Hüttenmeister
Life data: * 1938
Profession: Judaist
Visit to the Holy Land: since 1958
Photographic manner: artistic
Julia Männchen
Life dates: 1939–2018
Profession: theologian
Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1986
Photographic manner: didactic