WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig

About Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951) as a photographer

Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. In addition to his groundbreaking philosophical writings and their impact on the visual arts, the author, collector and arranger of photographs was also a photographer. This is evidenced by an only partially published photo album from the 1930s, the famous composite portrait of the Wittgenstein siblings, automaton photos, and other staged self-portraits. His picture postcard correspondence with family and friends, reveals a practice of communication co-reflecting the photographic picture plane. His plan to write a 'Laocoon for Photographers' remained unfinished.

Books on the photographic work of Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN

'Photography as Analytical Practice' (2021)