Helmut Gernsheim as a Collector

In this video clip from a 1978 interview, J. B. Colson asks Helmut Gernsheim about his passion for collecting and his career as pioneering historian of photography. Helmut and Alison Gernsheim s efforts significantly contributed to the acceptance of photography as a fine art and as a field worthy of intellectual study. In this clip, Helmut Gernsheim discusses how and why he started collecting photography before it became an established practice.