Christoph Georgi
Christoph Georgi (born June 27, 1932 in Bockau ; † June 24, 2019 in Schneeberg ) was a German photographer who became known for his numerous contributions to book publications on the Ore Mountains and Vogtland .
Georgi, who comes from the Erzgebirge village of Bockau, trained as a photographer with Franz Fiedler in Dresden after the Second World War . He ran a photo shop in Schneeberg, where he also sold his own postcards. Together with Manfred Blechschmidt and Klaus Walther , he wrote more than twenty picture-text volumes, with Georgi mainly contributing the illustrations. He was also involved in numerous years of the house and home calendar for the Ore Mountains and Vogtland . His photographic work is a lasting testimony to the landscape, the regional handicrafts and the worlds of life in the Ore Mountains in the second half of the 20th century.
Georgi died in June 2019 a few days before his 87th birthday.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Georgi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Christoph Georgi in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary notice . In: Freie Presse, Auer Zeitung of July 2, 2019, p. 13.
- ↑ Klaus Walther: Imagery of a Landscape - The Erzgebirge photographer Christoph Georgi is 80 years old today. In: Freie Presse , Schwarzenberger Zeitung of June 27, 2012, p. 10.
- ↑ Klaus Walther: Passion and great love for home: the landscape photographer Christoph Georgi died at the age of 87. In: Freie Presse from July 5, 2019, p. A1.
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| SURNAME | Georgi, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bockau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2019 |
| Place of death | Schneeberg |