Current

Polaroids

March 7 – August 17, 2025

On March 6, 2025, the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin opened its new group exhibition, Polaroids, in collaboration with OstLicht Vienna and other lenders. This showcase features works by Helmut Newton alongside further photographers. The Polaroid process revolutionized photography in the 1960s. Those who have used Polaroid cameras often recall the distinctive smell of the developing emulsion and the magic of watching an image materialize instantly. In this sense, Polaroids can be seen as a precursor to today’s digital photography – not in technical terms, but because of their immediate accessibility. Whether featured as part of a series, a single image, a monumental Polaroid mosaic, or an artist’s book, the new exhibition Polaroids is the most extensive presentation of this photographic process seen in Berlin in years.

Featuring works of

Jean-François Bauret, Michael Belenky, Mario de Biasi, Jim Bengston, Philippe Blache, Thorsten Brinkmann, Diana Blok/Marlo Broekmans, Lawrie Brown, Francesco Carbone, Elisabetta Catalano, Lucien Clergue, Share Corsaut, Barbara Crane, Davé, Alma Davenport, Jean-Claude Dewolf, Judith Eglington, Stephan Erfurt, Nathan Farb, Sandi Fellman, Franco Fontana, Klaus Frahm, Toto Frima, Verena von Gagern, Maurizio Galimberti, Luigi Ghirri, Ralph Gibson, Leonard Gittleman, Hans Hansen, Erich Hartmann, Charles Johnstone, Peter C. Jones, Tamarra Kaida, Sachiko Kuru, Edgar Lissel, Anne Mealhie, Sally Mann, Sheila Metzner, Nino Migliori, Tom Millea, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Mark Morrisroe, Floris Neusüss, Arnold Newman, Helmut Newton, Werner Pawlok, Martha Pearson, Gérard Pétremand, Marike Schuurman, Stephen Shore, Jeanloup Sieff, Pola Sieverding, Neal Slavin, Christer Strömholm, Karin Székessy, Oliviero Toscani, Ulay, William Wegman and Mario Eugen Wyrwinski

Opening Hours

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday 11 am – 8 pm
Monday closed
The museum and the exhibition rooms offer barrier-free access.

You can find all Special Opening Hours 2025 by the start of 2026 on the page Contact.

New entrance fees from 15 January 2024:
12 € / 6 € concessions

How to find us

Helmut Newton Foundation
Museum für Fotografie
Jebensstrasse 2
D – 10623 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 3186 4825

Public Transport
Station Zoologischer Garten
U-Bahn: U2, U9
S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7, S9
Bus: 100, 109, 110, 200, 204, 245, 249, M45, M46, M49, X9, X10, X34