Vernissage: Thursday | October 10 2026 | 7 pm
Exhibition: October 2nd – November 13 2026
The seminar began with an exploration of each participant’s own family archive — whether in the form of photo albums, disordered estates, stories passed down through generations,
or family histories that have remained unspoken.
The participants present deeply personal responses through new constellations of archival material, montages, collages, and newly created photographs.
What unites these works is a shared inquiry into how one’s origins shape both individual identity and collective memory.
Luan Afra Evans | Matthias Christen | Christiane Linsel | Jens Gyarmaty | Ralf Micus | Emma Liebs | Suzanne Reichenbach | Matthias Hamm | Celestine Hassenfratz | Florian Günzel
Fotogalerie Friedrichshain
Projects
From Jugend fotografiert to Lieblingsorte and Kreuzberg.Mauer.Friedrichshain to media education — FOTOGALERIE Friedrichshain invites visitors to discover Berlin from a wide range of perspectives.
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Fotogalerie Friedrichshain
Join us
– Are you over 27 years old? Do you love photography? Would you like to contribute your ideas and develop your own projects? Through the Federal Volunteer Service in Culture (Bundesfreiwilligendienst – BFD), you will gain insight into the inner workings of a gallery and actively support FOTOGALERIE Friedrichshain.
– We are always looking for photographers, whose committed work and exhibition concepts enrich our thematic focus on “Humanity and Society.”
– Are you looking for centrally located premises for film screenings, readings, neighborhood gatherings, workshops, cultural festivals, or theatre performances?
FOTOGALERIE Friedrichshain is located directly at the S+U Warschauer Straße station and offers 156 square meters of space, which we are happy to make available for exciting projects outside our regular opening hours.
History
40 Years
Fotogalerie Friedrichshain
FOTOGALERIE Friedrichshain is the oldest gallery dedicated to photography in Berlin. When it was founded in 1985, it was the first gallery in the GDR devoted exclusively to the medium of photography.
To this day, it remains located at Helsingforser Platz 1 in Berlin-Friedrichshain, near the S-Bahn station Warschauer Straße, and has been operated by Kulturring in Berlin e.V. since 2002. The gallery is committed to documentary photography that addresses social realities and contemporary issues.
