«Köpfe des Alltags»

Photograph from Helmar Lerski

Similar to his beginings as a photographer in the Unitet States, Lerski's pictures quickly became a success in Germany. In 1929, he began searching for unknown, ordinary people, whom he met on the streets of Berlin. Or he focused on the underdogs of the roaring twenties, whom the unemployment office referred to him. Media comments on the series «Köpfe des Alltags» were overwhelmingly positive.