Franz Christian Gundlach

Place: Heinebach

Born: 1926

Death: 2021

Biography:

F.C. Gundlach, also known as Franz Christian Gundlach, was a German photographer, gallery owner, collector, curator and founder. He was born on July 16, 1926 in Heinebach, Germany and died on July 23, 2021 in Hamburg, Germany. In 2000, Gundlach created the F.C. Gundlach Foundation and since 2003, he has been the founding director of the House of Photography at Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. Gundlach's fashion photographs of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, often integrating social phenomena and visual arts trends, are now found in museums and collections. He has curated many photographic exhibitions since 1975, including a retrospective of Martin Munkácsi in 2005 and exhibitions from his own collections such as 'A Clear Vision' and 'The Heartbeat of Fashion'. He also curated exhibitions for the Moscow House of Photography and the Kunsthalle Wien.