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Helga Paris

German photographer (1938-2024) · Germany · On the map · Artists · Died at 85

Helga Paris was a German photographer, known for her photographs of daily life in East Germany.

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She photographed theatre, and then turned to a series of people and streetscapes, such as Garbage Collectors (1974), Berliner Kneipen (1975), Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (1981), self portraits, and houses and faces from Halle for an exhibition that was cancelled in 1986. Her works, shown internationally, received recognition especially after German reunification as documents of a past.

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Germany
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85