Focusing the Modern

The Fagus series are complemented by approximately forty photographs of both healthy and deformed feet as well as good and bad footwear, which were commissioned from Renger-Patzsch for the orthopaedic specialist August Weinert. These unusual images are evidence of the importance of the Fagus Works as a reformist company within the shoe industry. The spectrum of photographs in the exhibition is further augmented by roughly fifty prints from the private collection of Karl Benscheidt Jr., the son of the company's owner. These images of natural objects and landscapes by Renger-Patzsch bear witness to the role of Benscheidt as an important patron of the photographer.
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