C/O Berlin, Gallery

C/O Berlin

City West & Charlottenburg


Founded in 2000, C/O Berlin is the capital's most respected private, nonprofit exhibition centre for international photography and is based at the iconic Amerika Haus, which served as a United States cultural and information centre from 1957 until 2006. C/O's roster of highbrow exhibits has featured many members of the shutterbug elite, including Annie Leibovitz, Stephen Shore, Nan Goldin and Anton Corbijn.


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