This exhibition presents an extensive workup of the personal life of Hildegard Ochse (1935-1997), focusing on the development of her visual language as a photographer. Between Our Own Viewpoint and Authentic Reality is dedicated to her work that has arisen independently of commercial contracts, including the series Stadtvegetation (urban vegetation), Gastland Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Host country Federal Republic of Germany), Aspetti di Berlino (aspects of Berlin) or Derental. The photographic works of Hildegard Ochse reflect social structures and are symbols of social or cultural conditions—photographed in b/w, without distortion and without unusual image sections. Hildegard Ochse was concerned with the the depiction of authentic reality and everyday life. 

Ochse came from a strict Catholic, middle-class and intellectual household. Her later friends included the art dealer Kurt Hans Cassirer and his wife and patron of the arts Eva Solmitz. As a 16-year-old in 1952, Hildegard Ochse traveled to the United States with a scholarship for gifted children. She graduated from high school in Rochester, New York in 1953. There, the world's first museum of photography—today called the George Eastman Museum—opened in 1949. In June 1953, Hildegard Ochse returned on the Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria to Europe. During this period, remarkable early photography came into existence.

Exhibition curated by Tina Sauerländer
In collaboration with Benjamin Ochse 
Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Hohenzollerndamm 176, 10713 Berlin, Germany
Opening: Thursday November 5, 2015, 6-9pm 
Duration: November 6, 2015 until January 24, 2016