Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski

Introduction

This is not merely the mechanical reproduction of the features of one of the most famous and revered actresses of Central European theater and cinema of the time, but rather a profound psychological investigation. It is mediated by the attentive and pioneering gaze of a photographer who was able to navigate the complex transition between turn-of-the-century pictorialism and the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit).