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In view of the global economic crisis and the decline in studio commissions, they used busy squares, streets, markets and folk festivals to photograph passers-by at random in a series of three shots. After the photo was taken, the subjects were given a slip of paper with the image number and the note: \u2018You have been filmed!\u2019 Anyone who was interested could pick up the photo strips a few days later. In the case of the Graz photographer and street photographer Fritz Taufer, this was possible at \u2018J. Koch&#8217;s S\u00f6hne\u2019 on the main square for 1.50 schillings. Examples of walking film photographs have been preserved to this day in numerous Styrian family albums from the interwar period. They not only document the widespread use of this photographic practice, but also illustrate the importance of these images as personal and family mementos. The exhibition Der Grazer Gehfotograf (The Graz Street Photographer) shows a selection of around 1,200 unclaimed filmstrips from the collection of curator Mila Palm. They shed light on the little-known phenomenon of street photographers, provide a comprehensive insight into everyday life in Graz and offer a unique cross-section of the city&#8217;s population in the 1920s and 1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Graz Street Photographer \u2013 A City in Motion 1929\u20131932<\/strong><br>30.01.2026 \u2013 31.05.2026<br>Museum f\u00fcr Geschichte<br>Sackstra\u00dfe 16, 8010 Graz<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum-joanneum.at\">www.museum-joanneum.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30.01.2026 \u2013 31.05.2026 Street photography is a term that is widely known today. But it is not a new phenomenon. Its predecessors were the so-called \u2018street photographers\u2019 who worked in larger cities and tourist hotspots between around 1927 and 1935. 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