
Herion dance school, ca.1927

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Riebicke was a sports photographer from Berlin known especially from the nudes from the film “Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit” (1925). In 1940 large parts of his archives were destroyed during a bombing. Vintage Riebicke prints have become very rare. He was the most important sport, dance and nudism (FKK – Freikorperkultur) photographer in Germany between 1925 and 1935. His images were widely printed in Germany as well internationally in magazines, newspapers and books. | src anamorfose (broken link)

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Gerhard Riebicke ::
Gymnasium Nudes, advertising photograph for the film ‘Wege zu Kraft
und Schönheit’, 1925.
Vintage gelatin silver print.
Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard
Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film ’Wege zu Kraft
und Schönheit’ (‘The Way to Strength
and Health: a film of modern body culture’, 1925),
directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack
Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). / src: liveaucioneers
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Photographer Helmy Hurt (active 1920s) had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann.

Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). This image still captures the general mood of the earlier FKK nudist movement which stressed the importance of movement and exercise outdoors. (quoted from src)