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Steinberg, Uwe
(1942-1983)S-Bahn Schönhauser Allee

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Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

S-Bahnhof Schönhauser Allee. 1980. Vintage gelatin silver print. 22,2 x 15,1 cm (sheet 23,8 x 18,2 cm). Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Uwe Steinberg was a significant representative of social documentary photography in the German Democratic Republic. Distancing his work from official state imagery, he focused on everyday life in East Berlin. Made as part of a long-term study of Schönhauser Allee, this photograph depicts its S-Bahn station, a central transit point in the Prenzlauer Berg district.

Literatur: Norbert Bunge and Norbert Moos, eds. Uwe Steinberg: Berlin. Leipzig: Lehmstedt, 2023, ill. p. 43.