Curators: Birgit Bosold, Wolfgang Theis

Petra Gall came to study History, Politics and Russian in West Berlin in 1981. She photographed everything the underground scene had to offer, from the women and lesbians that made up the scene of "Nacht der bösen Mösen" (Night of the angry cunts) and the Mädchenprojekt (Girl project) in Kreuzberg to the music scene of Diamanda Gallas, Rainbirds or Nick Cave. She made portraits of icons of her time such as Ulrike Ottinger or Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, and documented the riotous Off-Fashion trade fairs of the 80s. In the 90s she turned her passion for photography to motorcycling and produced tour reports from all over the world.

Rüdiger Trautsch attended the Hamburg College of Design and worked as a layout artist in advertising agencies. From 1973 to 1981 he studied at the Hamburg Academy for Fine Arts. From 1981 onwards Trautsch worked as a freelance photographer for advertising agencies and fashion magazines and together with his partner, Ken Hall, ran a photographic studio.
His photo projects are conceived as long-term projects, such as his many series 'Folsom', 'Bärenparty', 'Damenimitatoren' and 'Männer Paare'. Right from the start of the 1970s, Trautsch also documented the gay rights movement in his photographs.