Alberto Schommer

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Alberto Schommer (born August 9, 1928 in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain ; † September 10, 2015 in San Sebastián , Spain) was a Spanish photographer .

biography

Road sign in Vitoria

Alberto Schommer began his career as a photographer in the studio of his German father, Alberto Schommer Koch, who moved to the Basque city in the 1940s and opened a shop. Alberto Schommer then expanded his training in Madrid , Cologne , New York and Paris .

A street in his hometown Vitoria-Gasteiz now bears his name.

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The author has received several awards for his work, such as the Medalla al mérito de las Bellas Artes 2008 from the Spanish government. He worked for the El País newspaper for a long time and photographed many Spanish personalities. In 1997 he published sophisticated photo books such as Seville and Flamenco and exhibited in the Grupo Ondarri in Elgóibar .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2006 AFAL 1956–1963 - El grupo Fotográfico - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Seville
  • 2003/2004 Brandenburg Art Collections Cottbus
  • 1998 The Living Museum - Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Works (selection)

  • Paris – Berlin . Translation of the English texts by Sergio Missana . Madrid: Fundación BBVA, 2002
  • La vida , Hamburg: Blue Book Verlag, 1996
  • Introduction to our museums , Basque Government, Dept. of Land Policy, Transport, etc. Tourism, 1983
  • Euskadi and its political institutions , Basque Government, Dept. of Culture a. Tourism, 1983
  • Bilbao: the city on the Nervion , Basque. Government, Dept. of Commerce, Fisheries, etc. Tourism, 1982
  • Loyola , Bask. Government, Dept. of Commerce, Fisheries, etc. Tourism, 1982
  • A living body: Dom Santa María in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain (2007)
  • First epoch , (2007)
  • Maskenzauber , Blue Book (1998), ISBN 3980503828
  • La búsqueda. La mezquita de Córdoba , Ediciones Turner, 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Alberto Schommer - November 7, 2003 to January 25, 2004. kunstaspekte art aspects, accessed on February 18, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Schommer, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish photographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2015
Place of death Donostia-San Sebastian , Spain