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„To my dear Cacadou. Old Nick“

15 original photographs of Karl Marx. They shape our image of him until today.

By the middle of the 19th century, photography had developed so much that even poorer sections of the population could afford to have their pictures taken. Photography, nonetheless, remained a slow and cumbersome process and demanded patience and suitable lighting conditions among other things. Snapshots from this time are therefore rare, and none of Marx appear to exist. The fifteen original photographs we still have actually tend to show that Marx and Engels very deliberately used photography – a fact, which significantly contributed to our image of Marx: the old wise man with the wild beard.

Text: Lydia Heller
Speaker: Katya Kumkova, Dan Wesker
Music: lie too fine - Mizaru, CC BY-SA 3.0

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  • ‘All images of Marx are good’

    Marx hinter der Stuhllehne
  • ‘Glas thing’ with Marx’s daughters and Engels

    Familienbild mit Engels
  • ‘Sunny picture from Margate’

    „Sonnenbild“ aus Margate
  • Marx and his daughter Jenny Caroline

    Marx mit seiner Tochter Jenny
  • ‘A little maliciousness in the likeness’

    Marx-Porträt
  • ‘About a dozen friends are plaguing me for them’.

    Marx im Profil
  • ‘To my little grandson. Old Nick.’

    Marx mit Tochter Jenny
  • ‘Nothing but mist’

    Marx mit Tochter Jenny
  • ‘To his Wenzel’

    Marx-Porträt
  • ‘Yours fraternally. Karl Marx’

    Brüderlich. Karl Marx
  • ‘At his sprightly Olympian ease’

    In heitrer olympischer Ruhe
  • Copies on detour

    Abzüge auf Umwegen
  • Even more copies

    Noch mehr Abzüge  
  • Marx’s portrait goes to space

    Marx-Porträt im Weltall   
  • To my dear Cacadou. Old Nick

    To my dear Cadacou. Old Nick
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