Maske einer Tanzerin (Mask of a Dancer)

Otto Steinert was a German photographer and pedagogue instrumental in establishing subjective photography as a critical practice in post-war Europe. Working primarily in black and white, he developed a formal vocabulary emphasizing abstraction, tonal contrast, and the expressive potential of the photographic print itself. Steinert founded the Fotoform group in 1949 and later directed the School for Photography at the Folkwangschule in Essen, where he shaped multiple generations of practitioners toward conceptual rigor and technical mastery.

Saarbrücken, Germany