The Photographic Fix

The Photographic Fix explores how photographs from World War I were used in personal photo albums and mass-market picture books to determine the meaning and legacy of the postwar Weimar Republic. Due to their publication success and wide reception, picture books should be considered no small part of...

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description The Photographic Fix explores how photographs from World War I were used in personal photo albums and mass-market picture books to determine the meaning and legacy of the postwar Weimar Republic. Due to their publication success and wide reception, picture books should be considered no small part of this broad struggle of ideas to cement the war’s legacy in the Weimar era. Drawing from a large archive of photographs created during the war by amateur soldier-photographers and professional reporters alike, Justin Court explores how visual depictions of the war were used to construct and distort memory in the highly contested realm of war commemoration in the Weimar. These books of photography reveal an effort to shape how the war was visually remembered in order to influence public opinion on myriad matters following in the war’s wake, including notions of German guilt and responsibility, the legitimacy of the Republic, and the political future of the German nation. By utilizing relatively neglected sources, The Photographic Fix expands scholarship on German war photography to illuminate how images from the war and Weimar period reflected the public’s understanding of the medium at the time.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1735282026-03-19T13:12:33Z The Photographic Fix Court, Justin First World War WWI Germany Weimar Republic Photography Photo albums Picture books Text and image Ernst Friedrich Franz Schauwecker Reichsarchiv George Soldan Walter Bloem Werner Beumelburg Politics Propaganda Visual memory Memory studies Collective memory German history Amateur photography Nationalism Military history Western Front War Against War! So war der Krieg! So ist der Friede Der Weltkrieg im Bild thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AJ Photography and photographs thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government The Photographic Fix explores how photographs from World War I were used in personal photo albums and mass-market picture books to determine the meaning and legacy of the postwar Weimar Republic. Due to their publication success and wide reception, picture books should be considered no small part of this broad struggle of ideas to cement the war’s legacy in the Weimar era. Drawing from a large archive of photographs created during the war by amateur soldier-photographers and professional reporters alike, Justin Court explores how visual depictions of the war were used to construct and distort memory in the highly contested realm of war commemoration in the Weimar. These books of photography reveal an effort to shape how the war was visually remembered in order to influence public opinion on myriad matters following in the war’s wake, including notions of German guilt and responsibility, the legitimacy of the Republic, and the political future of the German nation. By utilizing relatively neglected sources, The Photographic Fix expands scholarship on German war photography to illuminate how images from the war and Weimar period reflected the public’s understanding of the medium at the time. 2026-03-19T13:12:32Z 2026-03-19T13:12:32Z 2026-03-16T16:14:08Z 2026 book ONIX_20260316T122833_9780472905072_15 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111731 9780472905072 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173528 eng Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111731/1/9780472905072.pdf Michigan State University Press University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12915585 10.3998/mpub.12915585 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472905072 University of Michigan Press 276 open access
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WWI
Germany
Weimar Republic
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Photo albums
Picture books
Text and image
Ernst Friedrich
Franz Schauwecker
Reichsarchiv
George Soldan
Walter Bloem
Werner Beumelburg
Politics
Propaganda
Visual memory
Memory studies
Collective memory
German history
Amateur photography
Nationalism
Military history
Western Front
War Against War!
So war der Krieg!
So ist der Friede
Der Weltkrieg im Bild
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The Photographic Fix
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topic First World War
WWI
Germany
Weimar Republic
Photography
Photo albums
Picture books
Text and image
Ernst Friedrich
Franz Schauwecker
Reichsarchiv
George Soldan
Walter Bloem
Werner Beumelburg
Politics
Propaganda
Visual memory
Memory studies
Collective memory
German history
Amateur photography
Nationalism
Military history
Western Front
War Against War!
So war der Krieg!
So ist der Friede
Der Weltkrieg im Bild
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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WWI
Germany
Weimar Republic
Photography
Photo albums
Picture books
Text and image
Ernst Friedrich
Franz Schauwecker
Reichsarchiv
George Soldan
Walter Bloem
Werner Beumelburg
Politics
Propaganda
Visual memory
Memory studies
Collective memory
German history
Amateur photography
Nationalism
Military history
Western Front
War Against War!
So war der Krieg!
So ist der Friede
Der Weltkrieg im Bild
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