Photo-poems were a feature of German illustrated magazines in the 1920s and 1930s but were
later lost in oblivion. The illustrated book FOTOPOESIE presents this popular art form for the
first time with a selection revealing astonishing intermedia creativity: The twenty annotated
chapters range from the cycle of the seasons to work film sport transport and advertising to
the major themes of love and politics. Great poets such as Mascha Kaléko Erich Kästner and
Joachim Ringelnatz come together with the great photographic artists of their time including
Yva Umbo and Sasha Stone. Language and photographic poetry combine to create fascinating works
of art whose documentation here closes a gap in media and cultural history. Rediscovery of an
intermedia art form Poetry in words and images Interdisciplinary research on the photo-poem as
an independent genre
