Andreas Lechtape

Andreas Lechtape (* 1956 ) is a German photographer . He has specialized primarily in art and architectural photography and has contributed to numerous books as a picture author .

Life

Reliquary of Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen ; Photography by Andreas Lechtape

Andreas Lechtape studied communication design / photo design at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences , where Pan Walther was one of his teachers. During this time his interest in architectural photography and art documentation was aroused, in which he has since specialized. In his work for art guides and illustrated books, he was able to combine both aspects in an ideal way to create a number of significant church buildings .

Freelance work in Münster since 1986 , and since the mid-1990s he has been regularly involved as a picture author for books on this city and the Münsterland , most of which are published by Aschendorff Verlag . According to his own statement, he attaches great importance to very personal perspectives. An example of this is Unknown Münsterland. A portrait (1998), created in collaboration with the author Hans-Peter Boer . Together with Boer and Stefan Buske, Lechtape also developed a biographical illustrated book about the life and work of the master builder Johann Conrad Schlaun , which was published in 1995.

In addition, he has worked extensively on art guides for the Regensburg publishing house Schnell und Steiner , for which he also works as a publishing representative in the "Art Guide" section. He worked several times with the author Clemens Kosch.

Lechtape regularly takes photos for institutions and companies in Westphalia, including various district and city administrations, including the diocese of Münster , Westfalen AG , the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association and the Westphalian Heimatbund . In addition, Lechtape has worked for clients as diverse as the Architekturmuseum Frankfurt , the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe , the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg , the Rheinische Archivamt and the Klosterkammer Hannover .

Andreas Lechtape lives in Münster.

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Andreas Lechtape was involved as a picture author on the following books (selection):

• Stefan Buske: Münster , Artcolor-Verlag, Hamm 1992 ( ISBN 3-89261-091-6 )
• Heinz Kalab and Wolfgang Reinsch: Southern France . Experience of a cultural and natural landscape , Linnemann, Gütersloh 1993 ( ISBN 3-926466-92-8 )
• Bernd Haunfelder , Ute Olliges and Hartmut Tauchnitz: The promenade in Münster - from the fortress ring to the green belt. Pictures from three centuries , Aschendorff, Münster 1994 ( ISBN 3-402-05107-9 )
• Hans-Peter Boer and Stefan Buske: JC Schlaun . His life, his time, his work , Aschendorff, Münster 1995 ( ISBN 3-402-05108-7 )
• Ingrid Falldorf: Mariensee Monastery , Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 1997 ( ISBN 3-931820-42-4 )
• Hans-Peter Boer: Unknown Münsterland . A portrait , Aschendorff, Münster 1998 ( ISBN 3-402-05162-1 )
• Karl Hagemann: Beautiful churches in the Münsterland , Aschendorff, Münster 2001 ( ISBN 3-402-05170-2 )
• Robert Suckale and Gude Suckale-Redlefsen: Obernkirchen Abbey, Schaumburg district , series The blue books , Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 2001 ( ISBN 3-7845-1080-9 )
• Jürgen Kaiser: The Bonn Minster . History - Architecture - Art - Cult , Large Art Guide Series (Volume 213), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002 ( ISBN 3-7954-1425-3 )
• Erhard Obermeyer: Münster. A portrait in pictures , Aschendorff, Münster 2002 (2nd, revised and updated edition Aschendorff, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-402-06512-6 )
• Martin Segers (ed.): The door of faith of the monastery church Marienthal , series Great Art Guides / Churches and Monasteries (Volume 212), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-1495-5 )
• Martin Segers: The cemetery at the monastery church Marienthal , series Große Kunstführer / Kirchen und Klöster (Volume 215), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2003 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-1632-4 )
• Oliver Karnau and Barbara Pankoke: Beautiful Churches in Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Aschendorff, Münster 2004 ( ISBN 3-402-05183-4 )
• Gerd-Ulrich Piesch: Monasteries and monasteries in the Osnabrücker Land , series Great Art Guides / Art Landscapes (Volume 218), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2005 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-1737-6 )
• Michel Schmitt: Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg , Kleine Kunstführer series (No. 2200), 4th, revised edition, Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2005 ( ISBN 3-7954-4033-5 )
• Clemens Kosch: Paderborn's medieval churches. Architecture and liturgy around 1300 , Grosse Kunstführer series (Volume 227), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2006 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-1870-0 )
• Max Tauch: Cultural and art sites in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss , series Great Art Guides / Art Landscapes (Volume 226), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-1813-7 )
• Hans-Peter Boer and Theo Damm: Beautiful courtyards in the Münsterland . Witnesses of rural building culture from five centuries , Aschendorff, Münster 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-402-00434-0 )
• Thomas Frings : Designed upheavals. Churches in the diocese of Münster between redesign and conversion , Dialogverlag, Münster 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-937961-69-9 )
• Arndt Friedrich and Michael Burger: Haina Monastery , Series Great Art Guides / Churches and Monasteries (Volume 237), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2008 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2121-2 )
• Hans-Peter Boer: Castles and palaces in the Münsterland , Aschendorff, Münster 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-402-12766-7 )
• Clemens Kosch: The Romanesque churches of Essen and Werden . Architecture and Liturgy in the High Middle Ages , Grosse Kunstführer series (Volume 253), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2346-9 )
• Markus Zimmermann: Music in the Michel. The organs of the main church St. Michaelis in Hamburg , series Große Kunstführer / Kirchen und Klöster (Volume 146), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2029-1 )
• Ingo Reimer and Elisabeth Weyerer-Reimer: Alt-Katholische Friedenskirche Essen , series Kleine Kunstführer (No. 2753), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-6852-1 )
• Hans-Günther Schneider and Stefan Zekorn : Pilgrimage Basilica of St. Marien Kevelaer , 6th, revised edition, Kleine Kunstführer series (No. 1100), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-4824-0 )
• Gerhard Lutz and Jürgen Götz: The Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim , series Great Art Guides / Churches and Monasteries (Volume 246), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2248-6 )
• Clemens Kosch: The Romanesque cathedrals of Mainz , Worms and Speyer . Architecture and Liturgy in the High Middle Ages , Grosse Kunstführer series (Volume 259), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2401-5 )
• Matthias Gretzschel : St. Mary's Cathedral in Hamburg. Grosse Kunstführer series (Volume 260), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2448-0 ).
• Bodo Zehm and Jan-Eggerik Delbanco: Holte and the Holter Castle , Series Great Art Guides / Castles and Castles (Volume 266), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2381-0 )
• Rudolf Breuing, Karl-Ludwig Mengels and Wolfgang Knitschky: The art and cultural monuments in Rheine. Part 3: The technical and rural monuments etc. , IVD, Ibbenbüren 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-941607-07-1 )
• Hans J. Sperling (Ed.): Soest St. Patrokli . History and art , Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2557-9 )
• Karl Eugen Mummenhoff , Gerd Dethlefs et al .: Nordkirchen Castle , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-422-02304-8 )
• Bernd Haunfelder : Münsterland. German - English , Aschendorff, Münster 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-402-12945-6 )
• Birgit Gropp: A piece of heaven. The most beautiful monasteries in Westphalia , Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2523-4 )

In addition, Andreas Lechtape created the photographs for dozens of volumes in the Kleine Kunstführer series published by Schnell und Steiner, Regensburg.

Web links

Commons : Andreas Lechtape  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Andreas Lechtape in the catalog of the German National Library
• Web presence of Andreas Lechtape

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Vita in the website of Andreas Lechtape; Retrieved September 1, 2012