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About the
Photographer, U.H. Mayer
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1930
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born
in Reutlingen, Germany |
u.h.mayer@ballroom-icons.com
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1946
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specialist
training in photography |
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1952-53
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study
at the Bavarian Institute of Photography under Hanna Seewald and Rudolf
Mueller - Schoenhausen |
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1956
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first
steps into self-employment |
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1960-1970
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founding his own studio
in Duesseldorf, GER
in the same year trade examination as the best master of the year
works of steel, glass, paper, pharma and synthethic industry (Krupp,
Ruhrglas, AG, Stoma, Bayer, Leverkusen, BASF Ludwigshafen, Illbruck, Boehringer
Mannheim, Knoll AG, Asta-Pharma)
commissions from the electronic, cosmetic and beverge industry (IBM,
Nixdorf, Seimens, Haarman & Reimer, FDO New York, Coca Cola)
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1970
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publications
about international Art Dealers (Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Paris;
Ernst Beyeler, Basel; H. Berggruen, Paris; Erica Brausen, London)
Italian stringed instruments and popular musicians
Gold Medal "Photo '70"
convened into the Federation of Freelance Photographer (BFF) |
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1971
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intentive
work with new audio-visual media and development of specific techniques
for AV shows and multivision |
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1972
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work
in that field for several car manufacturers (Ford Germany, Daimler-Benz,
Stuttgart) |
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1973
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constant
commission travels in Europe, North and South America, East Asia,
Africa
slide shows for Coffee, Paper, Coal, Cities, Tourist industry (Tunisia,
Mallorca), for the German Post and German Rail
photography for different Museum catalogues |
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1974
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industrial
photography in different chemical plants under very difficult circumstances
in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern Block countries |
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
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in
Ludwigshafen, Antwerpes, Stuttgart, Reutlingen and Wetzlar.
The subject matter was Industrial Photography and as well free works for
example, "Concession a Perpetuite" Photography from the old part
of Paris' cemetary "Pere Lachaise". |
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1984
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Convened
into the German Federation of Photographers (DGPh) |
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1985-Present
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Since
then, more commission travels to Japan, Singapore, USA, Canada, Libya,
Australia and Mexico
For the last 10 years, intensive studies to find new and unusual perception
possibilities with the media Computer |
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U.H.
Mayer lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Website: www.uhmayer.de
E-mail: u.h.mayer@ballroom-icons.com |
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