The Walther Collection

The Walther Collection is a private collection dedicated to the critical understanding of historical and contemporary photography and related media. Its aim lies in presenting thematic and monographic exhibitions drawn from its expansive range of photography and media art from the collection's African, Chinese, Japanese, and European holdings of modern and contemporary works, nineteenth-century photography from Europe and Africa, and vernacular lens-based imagery from across the globe.

The program of the Collection consists of international exhibitions, innovative research, scholarly publications, and the presentation at its three-building campus in Neu-Ulm.

The current exhibition Who We Are: Portraits and Vernacular Photography is dedicated to vernacular photography, the broad category of everyday images that shape and define our lives and that one might see on a passport, in an old family photo album, in a magazine, or even online. The exhibition aims to examine vernacular photography with the same critical attention generally devoted to contemporary fine-art photography, and to consider these familiar but often overlooked photographic practices within specific social and cultural histories.

At the moment, the Museum Campus is closed due to a winter break, but the exhibition Who We Are: Portraits and Vernacular Photography will remain accessible by appointment.