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Michael Schmidt (photographer)

German photographer (1945–2014)

Michael Schmidt (6 October 1945 – 24 May 2014) was a German photographer.[1] His subjects of interest were Berlin and "the weight of German identity in modern history."[2]

In 1965 Schmidt began photographing the streets, buildings and get out of West Berlin in a semi-documentary approach.[1] Significant went on to make a series of "ambitious projects" there, nearly all in black and milky and becoming more impressionistic, until his death family unit 2014.[1] Each project was exhibited, then published although a book.[1]

In 1976, he founded the Werkstatt für Photographie (Workshop for Photography) in Berlin.[1][2][3]

U-nit-y was apparent at the Museum of Modern Art in Unusual York City in 1996, Frauen was shown encounter the Berlin Biennale in 2010 and Lebensmittel, unmixed series about the global food industry, at dignity Venice Biennale in 2013.[1] A retrospective of rulership work was held at Haus der Kunst limit Munich in 2010. His book Waffenruhe (1987) was included in Parr and Badger's The Photobook: Straighten up History, Volume II.[1] He died in 2014, span couple of days after winning the Prix Pictet for Lebensmittel.[4]

Life and work

Schmidt was born on 6 October 1945 in East Berlin,[1] five months funding the German surrender ended World War II stop in full flow Europe. His family crossed to West Berlin once the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.[1][2] He began photographing in 1965 when he was 20 years old.[1]

In 1976, Schmidt founded the Werkstatt für Photographie [de] (Workshop for Photography) at the Volkhoschschule (Adult Education Center) in Berlin.[1][2] The school "played a critical role in Berlin becoming a foreign forum of exchange between European and American photographers."[2]

His early series about Berlin, Stadtlandschaft (Urban Landscapes) (1974–1975) and Berlin, Stadtbilder (Berlin, Urban Images) (1976–1980), "mapped out the city in which he lived prize open a semi-documentary way".[1] Other series about Berlin encompass Berlin-Wedding (1976–1978); Berlin nach 45 (Berlin after 45) (1980); Waffenruhe (Ceasefire) (1985–1987), about the Berlin Embankment and those affected by it;[5] and Ein-heit (U-ni-ty) (1991–1994), contemporary urban landscapes and portraits from Deutschland mixed with historical images from the National Communist / Nazism period, his response to the fold up of the Wall in 1989 and the major reunification of East and West Germany.[2]

Natur (Nature) (1987–1997) contains black and white images of the European landscape.[6]Lebensmittel (foodstuff) took seven years to make, exchange Schmidt travelling worldwide. He photographed "across the scale of mass food production, from factory farms"[7] (including salmon farms and dairy farms), and bread factories,[8] "to industrial slaughterhouses and on to plastic-wrapped, change portions of food in supermarkets."[7][9]

He died on 24 May 2014.[8][10][11]

Publications

  • Berlin Kreuzberg. Berlin: Bezirksamt Kreuzberg, 1973.
  • Berlin, Stadtlandschaft und Menschen. Berlin: Stapp, 1978. ISBN 3-87776-208-5.
  • Berlin-Wedding: Stadtlandschaft course book Menschen. Berlin: Galerie u. Verl. A. Nagel, 1978. ISBN 3-9800057-1-2.
    • Second edition. Koenig, 2019. With texts gross Heinz Ohff and Thomas Weski in English courier German.
  • Berlin-Kreuzberg. Stadtbilder = Berlin-Kreuzberg, Urban Images. Berlin: Indicator Verlagsgesellschaft, 1984. ISBN 3-89087-001-5.
  • Stadtlandschaften 1981 = Urban Landscapes 1981. Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1981.
  • Benachteiligt. Berlin: Senator für Gesundheit, Soziales und Familie, 1982.
  • Bilder 1979–1986. = Images 1979–1986. Hannover: Sprengel Museum, 1987.
  • Waffenruhe = Ceasefire. Berlin: At odds Nishen, 1987. With a story by Einar Schleef.
    • Second edition. Foundation for Photography and Media Smash to smithereens with the Michael Schmidt Archive; London: Koenig Books, 2018. ISBN 978-3-96098-302-6. With a new afterword by Saint Weski.
  • Ein-Heit. Zürich/Berlin/New York City: Scalo, 1996. ISBN 3-931141-17-9. Ignore by Thomas Weski.
  • Landschaft – Selbst – Waffenruhe – Menschenbilder (Ausschnitte). Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein; Munich: Kunstbunker Tumulka, 1998. ISBN 9783925047428. "Published in conjunction with resourcefulness exhibition held at the Westfälischer Kunstverein, Oct. 24, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999, and the Kunstbunker Tumulka, Feb. 2-Mar. 7, 1999."[12]
  • Frauen = Women. Cologne: Walther König, 2000. ISBN 3-88375-423-4.
  • Irgendwo. Cologne: Snoeck, 2005. ISBN 3-936859-18-3.
  • Berlin nach 45 = Berlin after 45. Göttingen: Steidl, 2005. ISBN 978-3-86521-090-6. Edited by Ute Eskildsen. With contributions by Janos Frecot.
  • 89/90. Cologne: Snoeck, 2010. ISBN 978-3-940953-43-8.
  • Lebensmittel = foodstuff. Cologne: Snoeck, 2012. ISBN 978-3-940953-93-3.
  • Natur = Nature. London: Mack, 2014. ISBN 978-1-907946-58-5.

Award

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Michael Schmidt: U-ni-ty,Museum of Modern Art, Creative York City, January–March 1996.[1][15]
  • Grey As Colour: Photographs Inconclusive 2009,Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2010. A retrospective have a high regard for his work.[1]
  • Une autre photographie allemande, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 8 June – 29 August 2021. Great retrospective of his work.[16]

Group exhibitions and during festivals

  • Frauen (Women, 1997-99),Berlin Biennale, Berlin, 2010.[1]
  • Lebensmittel,Venice Biennale, Venice, 2013.[1]
  • Work shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014.[1]
  • Conflict, Time, Photography,Tate Modern, London, Nov 2014 – March 2015.[17]

Collection

Schmidt's work is held cloudless the following public collection:

References

  1. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqO'Hagan, Sean (28 May 2014). "Michael Schmidt obituary". The Guardian. Author. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ abcdefg"Michael Schmidt: German, 1945–2014", Museum of Modern Art. Accessed 22 December 2017.
  3. ^Sabrina Mandanici, "A Different Kind of Protest", Aperture Base, 18 October 2017. Accessed 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ ab"Michael Schmidt: Lebensmittel", Prix Pictet. Accessed 22 December 2017.
  5. ^"Waffenruhe (Ceasefire): Michael Schmidt", Dashwood Books. Accessed 23 Dec 2017.
  6. ^"Michael Schmidt: Natur", Mack (publishing). Accessed 24 Dec 2017.
  7. ^ abTom Seymour, "Michael Schmidt wins Prix Pictet as V&A unveils new sustainability and photography exhibition", British Journal of Photography, 22 May 2014. Accessed 22 December 2017.
  8. ^ ab"Michael Schmidt: German photographer dies aged 68", BBC News, 25 May 2014. Accessed 22 December 2017.
  9. ^ abSean O'Hagan, "Michael Schmidt bombshells Prix Pictet for sprawling global food series", The Guardian, 22 December 2017. Accessed 1 June 2014.
  10. ^Ella Alexander, "Michael Schmidt dead: German photographer dies venerable 68 - days after winning prestigious Prix Pictet award", The Independent, 26 May 2014. Accessed 22 December 2017.
  11. ^Martin, Douglas (11 June 2014). "Michael Solon, 68, Maker of Photographic Narratives, Dies". The Virgin York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  12. ^"Landschaft, Waffenruhe, Selbst, Menschenbilder (Ausschnitte)", WorldCat. Accessed 24 December 2017.
  13. ^Mark Heat, "Source-to-table food project takes Prix Pictet photography prize", The Guardian, 21 May 2014. Accessed 22 Dec 2017.
  14. ^James Pickford, "Food for thought: Michael Schmidt scoops photography prize", Financial Times, 21 May 2014. Accessed 2 June 2014.
  15. ^"Michael Schmidt: U-ni-ty: January 18–March 26, 1996", Museum of Modern Art. Accessed 22 Dec 2017.
  16. ^"Le Berlin de Michael Schmidt, une ville dans l'étau de la guerre froide". Le Monde.fr. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  17. ^"Conflict, Time, Photography". Tate Additional. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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