Herlinde Koelbl

Herlinde Koelbl has received a number of awards for her photographic work, for example the Dr Erich Salomon Prize in 2001.

She created her typical working approach by photographing methodically a whole series of pictures, displaying a broad spectre of society.

She photographed, filmed and interviewed 15 personalities from politics and business from 1991 to 1998, among them Chancellor Angela Merkel, ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and ex-Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.

The project was published in 1999, the documentary film with the same title was awarded the Deutscher Kritikerpreis[5] and was nominated for the Grimme Preis.

Chancellor Angela Merkel gave the opening speech at the premiere of the show at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.