Charlotte March
Charlotte March (born October 8, 1930 in Essen , † May 29, 2005 in Hamburg ) was a German photographer .
Life
March attended the Hamburg Art School Alsterdamm from 1950 to 1954. In 1956 she became a lecturer at the master school for fashion in Hamburg . During this time, she decided to become a photographer, but initially also sketched for fashion magazines such as Film und Frau and Constanze . In 1961 she opened her first studio on Sierichstrasse in Hamburg. Later she took part in the World Exhibition of Photography and the 2nd World Exhibition of Photography . In 1968 she won the Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography and awards from the New York Art Director Club for her photo series in the Twen magazine . Charlotte March worked in her studio on Jarrestrasse in Hamburg-Winterhude until 1998 . All of Charlotte March's works and her estate are in the Falckenberg Collection in Hamburg.
Charlotte March lived with the actor and visual artist Balduin Baas for over 30 years , to whom she attributed a significant influence on her artistic development.
Work (selection)
- From 1956 collaboration with Gruner + Jahr , Brigitte , Stern .
- First advertising orders in Paris, photographed for Elle .
- From 1960 in London, commissioned work for advertising agencies, Guinness advertisement (Jan Pugh with Guinness glass, JW Thompson) as well as for the magazines / newspapers Queen , Flair , Vantity Fair , Harper's Bazaar , Tatler , Nova , Daily Mirror and Evening Standard .
- In 1961 the magazine Twen came out, in collaboration with Willy Fleckhaus .
- 1977 Publication of the book Man, oh man! - A proposal for the emancipation of the attractive man .
This is followed by work for Italian Vogue , French Marie Claire , and again and again for Brigitte , Stern , Quick and advertising contracts for Renault , Cockburn's port and various cigarette brands.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1968 Awarded the culture prize of the German Society for Photography in Cologne
- 1974 Spectrum Galerie Hannover: “Models and People”, solo exhibition
- 1983 Galerie The Compagnie Hamburg, solo exhibition
- 1986 Galerie du Jour Agnès B. Paris
- 1988 Museum Ludwig, Cologne: “Picture shows” on the occasion of the Photokina
- 1993–94 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Klaus Honnef
- 1995 Twen - “Revision of a Legend”, Munich City Museum, curator Michael Koetzle, group exhibition; then Kunsthaus Hamburg, Velbert, Hardenberg Castle
- 1995–96 “Bildermode-Modebilder”, art library, State Museums in Berlin, management and idea FC Gundlach, group exhibition
- 2000–01 “Mode-Körper-Mode”, fashion photography in the last century, Museum for Art and Industry, Hamburg, group exhibition, directed by Gabriele Philip, curator FC Gundlach
- 2002 “Man, oh man!” Gallery Monika Mohr, Hamburg, solo exhibition
- 2004 “Heart Beat” Young Gallery, Brussels, solo exhibition
Individual evidence
- ↑ dgph.de: The previous winners , accessed on December 4, 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte March in the catalog of the German National Library
- photos
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | March, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 2005 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |