Bildergalerie Stories 283

What prompted Heinrich Heidersberger and his friend, the writer, critic, and translator Eduard Zak, to move from Paris to The Hague in 1931 remains unclear to this day. However, it is certain that Heidersberger explored the city in South Holland as a flâneur with his camera, starting from the backyards of the Mallemolen artists' colony. The photographs he took were in the style of „Neues Sehen“ photography, characterized by unconventional perspectives and seemingly incidental subjects. These images broke away from the traditional, rigid compositions of their time and introduced new viewpoints through extreme low and high angles. The dynamic nature of the motifs reflects the social progress of those years, which—much like in Charlie Chaplin's film "Modern Times" (1936)—was also critically examined.