▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Arts ▁Academy ▁in ▁We iß ense e ▁with ▁a ▁mand ate ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁an ▁archive , ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁general ▁assistant , ▁and ▁" take ▁photograph s ". ▁By ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁still ▁without ▁any ▁formal ▁phot ographic ▁training , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁job ▁with ▁The ▁Academy ▁as ▁Senior ▁Ass istant ▁to ▁Prof . ▁Klaus ▁W itt k ugel , ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁retained ▁till ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁he ▁under to ok ▁photo - j ournal istic ▁assign ments ▁for ▁the ▁fashion ▁and ▁arts ▁women ' s ▁magazine ▁" S ib yl le " ▁and ▁for ▁other ▁period ical s . ▁His ▁growing ▁body ▁of ▁fashion ▁and ▁travel ▁phot ography ▁from ▁the ▁second ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁were ▁set ▁firm ly ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁" Life ▁phot ography " ▁main stream . ▁ ▁Fischer ▁later ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁his ▁phot ography ▁work ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁condition ▁of ▁society , ▁the ▁inter person al ▁relationships ▁of ▁people , ▁the ▁core ▁condition ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁and ▁his / her ▁existence . ▁These ▁features ▁are ▁abund antly ▁evident ▁in ▁" S itu ation ▁Berlin ", ▁another ▁project ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁worked ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁he ▁was ▁working ▁very ▁intens ively ▁on ▁prepar ing ▁for ▁publication ▁by ▁" Ed ition ▁Leipzig " ▁of ▁the ▁resulting ▁collection , ▁ev oking ▁the