Umphakathi we-East Germany wafunda ngokuhlanganiswa kwezitolo ezitolo kuqala njengomthwebuli wezithombe wemfashini. Kepha unelukuluku ngokwengeziwe iphrojekthi yesikhathi eside yokuhlale "ihlala ndawonye", adale iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili kusukela ngo-1970s. "Bengifuna ukubheka ukuthi ubecashe ngemuva kwe-facade esemthethweni," etshela lo msebenzi ngalo msebenzi ngo-2014, lapho izithombe ziphuma nangendlela ye-PhotoBooks. "Yini ehumusha ulimi lomzimba, noma ngabe inkulumo yomunye umuntu ikhuluma ngakolunye uhlangothi?"
U-Ute Mahler wazalwa ngonyaka we-1949 eToringia. Kusukela emasontweni amathathu ngaphambi kokuvela kwakhe, le nsimu yaba yiJalimane Democratic Republic (GDR), izwe lezenhlalo, lapho kwakhiwa khona umthwebuli wezithombe, kwathi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili eminyaka yempumelelo yenzeka.
Ngemuva kokufunda isithombe esikoleni esiphakeme sehluzo nezincwadi zobuciko eLeipzig (1969-1974), waqala ukuthola ama-oda wokudutshulwa ovela kumagazini kaSibyle. Ukuba ngumlobi ojwayelekile wencwadi ethandwayo, uMalener wageza imingcele phakathi kwemfashini, imidwebo kanye nokudubula okubhaliwe. Isibonelo, ukudala "ukuzinikela kwentsha" yemfashini "ngo-1986 nge-" Sibyle ", wadubula amantombazane amahlanu phakathi nosuku ngenkathi begubha nemindeni yabo.
Enye ye-Mahler edalulwe kakhulu iMahler yiphrojekthi yesikhathi eside "Impilo Ngokubambisana" (Zusamlenleben). Ihlanganisa ama-1970-1980s futhi yimpilo yansuku zonke ebhaliwe ku-GDR. Abantu abasezithombeni bangokwemvelo kangangokuba bamatasa kakhulu ngemicabango yabo ukuze babone ukuba khona komthwebuli wezithombe. Ngisho nokubheka egumbini angenawo ukuhlela kabusha.
"Bengifuna iqiniso emkhakheni wangaphakathi wempilo yomuntu. Kusho umthwebuli wezithombe. - Angizange ngibheke noma yini ebabazekayo, bengifuna ukuthola okuthile emhlabeni jikelele - kusuka ebudlelwaneni obubuthaka, umkhaya kanye nobungani, ukuphelelwa yithemba, ukuthobeka nokusondelana ... Abafokazi, omakhelwane, abangane. Kepha ngawo wonke umuntu, kwavuswa umbuzo ofanayo: abantu baxhumana kanjani nomunye? "
Ngemuva kokuwa kodonga lwaseBerlin ngo-1990, kanye nomyeni wakhe uWerner Malener, waba phakathi kwabasunguli be-ejensi yezithombe ezidumile "Ostkreuz", futhi kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2015 kwakukhona uprofesa wezithombe e-University Hamburg University yezobuciko ezisetshenzisiwe kanye nesayensi. Ilukuluku, ukubekezela, ukuzwela, ukwethembana nokuhlonipha kuyizimpawu eziphambili, kuze kube namuhla, ubuhlakani bamajazi e-malier, elinye labathwebuli bezithombe abavelele kakhulu baseJalimane.
