Photographers Katrin Freund, Elisabeth Heinemann, Hans-Wulf Kunze and Thomas Sasse have portrayed ‘contemporaries’ of the museum. The resulting photographs are supplemented by personal stories, offering compelling insights into individual life stories as well as the development of the city. Some of those portrayed have remained in their hometown, others have returned here or found a new home far away. Together, they paint a picture of a generation that, like no other, has experienced change, new beginnings and deep roots.

The exhibition is part of the anniversary programme ‘Challenged Community’, with which the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg is celebrating its 50th anniversary. This anniversary exhibition takes up central themes of our present and searches for the essence of community. For community can never be taken for granted, but must be constantly renegotiated, shaped and lived – as the exhibition ‘Born in 1975’ also makes clear.