Фотографиране на обичаи в горна Бавария. Ерика Грот-Шмахтенбергер и нейните снимки на фастнахт в Митенвалд от 1936 до 1979 г.
Photography of Rituals in Oberbayern. Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger and Her Pictures of Fastnacht in Mittenwald from 1936 to 1979

Summary/Abstract: Since the 1930ies Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger (1906-1992) lived in the bavarian capital Munich and worked as a professional photographer. She was mainly interested in country life, traditional costumes, customs and rituals; she sold her photographies to popular magazines. The article focuses on the pictures, taken between 1936 and 1979 on the occasion of Fastnacht (carnival) in the little Bavarian town Mittenwald. In its first part the article examines Groth-Schmachtenbergers artistic style and makes clear, how her thematical focus narrowed more and more during many years. The second part of the article deals with the reception of Groth-Schmachtenbergers pictures in popular ethnographic literature in Bavaria. The analysis shows how the popular image of Fastnacht in Mittenwald was created by only few motivs.

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