Person Max Missmann

Max Missmann (1874–1945) zählt neben F. Albert Schwartz, Hermann Rückwardt und Waldemar Titzenthaler zu den bedeutenden Berlin-Fotografen der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Missmanns fulminante Stadtansichten dienten dem Berliner Fotografen Jochen Wermann (geb. 1950) rund 100 Jahre später zu einer Spurensuche. Max Missmann (1874 – 1945) grew up in Berlin-Kreuzberg. He started as a freelance photographer in 1903 and worked for magazines like »Architekturwelt«, »Moderne Kunst« and »Berliner Leben«, but also for government agencies and large industrial companies. Architecture and city life were important subjects in his work from the beginning. Stadtmuseum Berlin owns more than 1.000 of his photos from 1904 to 1943. Max Missmann died in Kreuzberg in 1945.