New Women – New Men
The Neue Frau or ‘New Woman’ was a subject of intense public debate that was reflected and shaped by photography. She appeared in pictures of female athletes and dancers, or in new genres such as the ‘photo essay’ for the illustrated press.
The model of the assertive, controversial New Woman upset traditional roles for men and women alike and photographers of this era, from the mainstream to the marginal, challenged conventions of gender identity. Men portrayed by Lucia Moholy, Trude Fleischmann, and Éva Besnyő have a distinctly effeminate cast, while Lotte Jacobi captured the 'androgyny chic' of certain German cultural circles.
