 
Commander Robert E. Peary
© Photo: Robert E.Peary
Collection/ National Geographic
Society
Titanic
© Photo: Emory Kristof
Cover
October 1999
© National Geographic Society
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111 Years of Adventure and Discovery
National Geographic's Photography
26 May until 30 July 2000
The Art and Exhibition
Hall presents an overview of topics from National Geographic's photographic
realm. The exhibition escorts the visitor amongst the most beautiful and
rarest of animals in this world. It also enables the visitor's reattendance
of the discoveries made by National Geographic's explorers: They are transported
back to the North Pole in the company of Robert E. Peary, can dive to the
wreck of the "Titanic" alongside Robert D. Ballard and ascend to the Inca
city of Machu Picchu in Peru with Hiram Bingham. Visitors can enjoy a hundred
photographs as well as the cover pictures that span across many decades.
Michael Nichols, David Doubilet, Frans Lanting, Jodi Cobb, Gerd Ludwig,
Jim Brandenburg, Sam Abell and Bill Curtsinger are among the photographers
whose work will be on view at the exhibition. The pictures depict unusual
views and spectacular scenes from the lives of different peoples, distant
lands and the animal kingdom. Biology, archaeology, the cosmos and the ocean's
depths - the photographs document the diverse skills of the photographers
who travel the world for National Geographic and capture images of this
earth in an unsurpassed quality. The majority of photographs originate from
the last 20 years, but historical images, such as those from the first expedition
to the North Pole, are also part of the exhibition.
The photographs in National Geographic have served as a benchmark for remarkable
quality for over a hundred years. The reports penned by its authors alter
our perception of the earth and the expeditions themselves are now legendary.
The magazine first launched its German edition in October 1999. Its circulation
averages 320,000 copies and over a hundred thousand subscribers have already
been won over. The exhibition, "The Photography," was on view last year
in Munich, Hamburg and Berlin and attracted over 50,000 visitors. |
