F. C. GUNDLACH

F.C. Gundlach "switched the light back on" with his photographs. In the Germany of the 1950s, he awakened the longing for travel with his reportages and made Germans dream of a happy future again. He is considered the grand seigneur of fashion photography and his photographs have become international and timeless icons. The film is not only the portrait of a single personality, but also the portrait of an era. Through the person of F.C. Gundlach, it tells the story of half a century of fashion and photography history, which, moreover, began in Paris. A look back at the various careers of the man who looked at life through the viewfinder and is considered Germany's greatest connoisseur of photography.