BFF professional association of freelance photographers and film designers
The BFF Professional Association of Free Photographers and Film Designers e. V. (formerly Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer e.V. (BFF) , formerly Bund Freischaffender Photographers e.V. (BFF) ) is a professional association for professional photographers in Germany based in Stuttgart . It was founded on January 18, 1969 by Walter E. Lautenbacher , Franz Lazi , Ludwig Windstosser and six other photographers.
The BFF - Professional Association of Free Photographers and Film Designers eV
The association sees itself as the official professional association of commercial photographers with artistic aspirations. The well-known founding and honorary members - including internationally renowned photographers such as FC Gundlach , Peter Lindbergh , Walter Schels , Herlinde Koelbl and Oliviero Toscani - should vouch for this. Around 530 photographers from the fields of advertising and editorial as well as film designers and university lecturers for photography and design currently determine the orientation of the association.
tasks
According to the statutes, the association has the task of perceiving and representing the common professional interests of freelance photographers and film designers. The purpose of the association is in particular to maintain and promote the working and economic conditions of the association members.
In addition, networking among members is encouraged. Joint exhibitions, campaigns and presence in the association's online and print media are intended to give photographers a high level of attention for their work from the specialist public and the press.
admission
Entry requires the positive judgment of a ten-person jury. The aim of this is, on the one hand, to secure the association's claim to photography and film and, on the other hand, to ensure that admission to the BFF is also sufficient for the tax offices as proof of the necessary “artistic claim” to accept them as a freelancer .
Foundation of the BFF
The fashion photographer Walter E. Lautenbacher founded the Association of Freelance Photographers (BFF) in 1969 with his colleagues Franz Lazi, Ludwig Windstosser and six other photographers . The aim was initially that commercial photographers could also be recognized as artists, e.g. B. Advertising and fashion photography was represented as art. Lautenbacher argued before the Federal Fiscal Court before the company was founded that not all commercial photographers had to be registered in the trade register. If their work demonstrably showed certain artistic elements, they could now work as artists and thus as freelancers who are exempt from trade tax. The term photo designer was introduced for them by the BFF. This designation quickly found acceptance in the industry, so that the association was renamed the Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer .
Honorary boards
- FC Gundlach
- Walter E. Lautenbacher † (Founding Board Spokesman )
Honorary members
- Christian von Alvensleben
- Rosemarie Clausen †
- Alfred Eisenstaedt †
- Elliott Erwitt
- Andreas Feininger †
- Erwin Fieger †
- Leo Fritz Gruber †
- Heinz Hajek-Halke †
- Ruth Hallensleben †
- Hans Hansen
- Robert Häusser † (founding member)
- Dietmar Henneka
- Martina Hiel
- Thomas Höpker
- Peter Keetman †
- Fritz Kempe †
- Franz Lazi † (founding board member)
- Peter Lindbergh
- Will McBride †
- Willi Moegle † (founding member)
- Sarah Moon
- Stefan Moses †
- Hilmar Pabel †
- Regina Relang †
- Walter Schels
- Jacques Schumacher
- Otto Steinert †
- Karl Steinorth †
- Wolf Strache † (founding member)
- Oliviero Toscani
- Xiao Hui Wang
- Kurt Weidemann †
- Ludwig Windstosser † (founding board member)
- Reinhart Wolf †
- Herlinde Koelbl
Web links
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- ↑ a b Statutes · BFF. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (German).
- ^ Pforzheim Galerie presents the "BFF Honorary Members Gallery" on the website of the city of Pforzheim from October 23, 2009. Accessed on December 26, 2018.