Margret Hoppe (born 1981 in Greiz/Thuringia), based in Leipzig, is a graduate of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB) with Professor Timm Rautert and Professor Christopher Muller. She studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris with Jean Marc Bustamande and Christian Boltanski. In addition to classical architectural photography, she places particular emphasis on the cultural-historical conditions of architecture. Her work has been exhibited and collected by museums and galleries in the Netherlands, India, France, Armenia, Bulgary, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the US.
Collections
Museum Folkwang Essen
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Wende Museum Los Angeles
Fotomuseum Winterthur
DZ Bank Frankfurt am Main
Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Sammlung der Bundesbank
Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig
Gallerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
The photo was taken in the former Villa of Aenne Biermann in Gera, before it's demolishment in 2020. It shows a view into the ruined staircase of the House of the Photographer. Some rooms had an interior designed from the architect Thilo Schober, who was a friend of the Biermann family.
Christmas Edition 2026
Staircase I
Edition Lichter
Vanishing Images
Staircase II
Edition Aprés une Architecture
Margret Hoppe – Das Versprechen der Moderne
Südwall
Christmas Edition 2023
Edition The Mill
Edition Underexposed Modernity
Christmas Edition 2023
Edition Südwall
Edition Original Wolfen