Daniel Biskup

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Daniel Biskup (born November 27, 1962 in Bonn ) is a German photojournalist and documentary photographer . He photographs politicians like Donald Trump , Vladimir Putin , Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron - formerly former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was particularly frequent . He also followed events like the German reunification in 1989 with his camera.

biography

Biskup was interested in people and politics, especially in Eastern Europe . The reason: his mother came from Danzig , the father from Silesia . As a child, Biskup also attended fashion shows with his grandmother and collected old issues of German Vogue . At the age of 15, however, he began a three-year training as a postman in Bad Godesberg . During his apprenticeship, he founded a trade union newspaper and began to photograph current events in Bonn. Peace demonstrations and occupied houses were his first motives. At 18 Biskup went to Augsburg , made at Bayern Kolleg 1981-1985 his High School and studied at the University of Augsburg "New Age", "political science" and "folklore".

Career

First professional photographs

In 1982 Biskup's first picture appeared on the front page of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, for which he worked as a freelance photojournalist until 1990. Biskup traveled to the Soviet Union for the first time in 1988 on a study trip . There he wanted to get an idea of Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost policies. When Hungary opened the border to the west in September 1989, GDR refugees streamed from Budapest to Berlin . Biskup, then 26 years old, documented her journey with the camera.

Documentation of the upheaval in Eastern Europe

Biskup photographed the upheaval in the GDR up to the reunification on October 3, 1990 and later turned the camera on the events in the USSR and Yugoslavia . When the Soviet Union was officially dissolved on December 26, 1991 , Biskup also documented this change. He was there during the 1991 coup against Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev . In the years to come, Biskup traveled to Russia again and again . In 2000 he became the first German photographer to portray Russian President Vladimir Putin . Since then , Biskup has visited Russia and especially St. Petersburg more than 50 times .

Contact Kai Diekmann

In 1999, Biskup met Kai Diekmann , who was then editor-in-chief of Welt am Sonntag and, from 2000, at the BILD newspaper . He became aware of the photographer through a picture in the taz . Diekmann contacted Biskup and promoted him from then on. Since then, Biskup has photographed the freedom struggles in Ukraine and many interviews with politicians such as Theresa May for the Bild newspaper . Today Diekmann and Biskup are good friends. The Bild-Zeitung later referred to Biskup as the "eye of German unity".

Chancellor photographer

Biskup became even better known in 2011. The exhibition “About Life” in the German Historical Museum in Berlin showed 280 photographs of him and Thomas Hoepker on the upheaval in the former Eastern Bloc countries. Chancellor Angela Merkel gave the opening speech . She photographed Biskup for the first time in 1990 and has continued to do so since then. It was not Biskup's only encounter with a German chancellor: since 1998 he has accompanied Helmut Kohl as a photographer on private and official occasions.

Photographs of politicians and celebrities

In addition to Helmut Kohl and Vladimir Putin, Biskup photographed many other celebrities, including Donald Trump , Emmanuel Macron , Karl Lagerfeld , Katy Perry , Barack Obama and also of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Biskup already has hundreds of photographs in his collection.

Daniel Biskup's photographs are in both private and public collections. Some of the photographs are shown in the online gallery Salt and Silver, the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the German Historical Museum in Berlin and the House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.

Publications

  • 2002: Gemini, Johanna & Barbara, Gva & Kunst, ISBN 3-9808726-0-2
  • 2003: ST. PETERSBURG - Europe on the Neva, Gva & Kunst, ISBN 3-9808726-1-0
  • 2005: 1989/1990 - Photographic impressions on the way to German unity, Verlag Markus Böhm, ISBN 3-9808726-2-9
  • 2005: PRIVATE PICTURES. With a foreword by Kai Diekmann, Verlag Markus Böhm, ISBN 3-9808726-3-7
  • 2006: The Pope at home: Benedict XVI. in Bavaria, Lorenzspringer Medien, ISBN 3-9811385-0-3
  • 2010: Helmut Kohl - On the way / In past and present. Published by Kai Diekmann , Collection Rolf Heyne, ISBN 3-89910-454-4
  • 2010: Paths of Freedom. The GDR, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in transition. With a foreword by Uwe Tellkamp , Collection Rolf Heyne, ISBN 3-89910-478-1
  • 2012: Love Generation. The youth and music culture of the 1990s and the Love Parade , Collection Ralf Heyne, ISBN 3-89910-512-5
  • 2013: Politics and More - portraits and reportage images, exhibition catalog with a foreword by Wolfgang Oberressl, editor of edition: schwaben
  • 2015: Budapest - Berlin: My path to unity. Illustrated book from 1989 and 1990 with a foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the EU Commission), Verlag Salz und Silber, ISBN 3-00-050507-5
  • 2016: Russia - Perestroika to Putin. Russia in times of political and social change, illustrated book with a foreword by Gerhard Schröder ( former Federal Chancellor), Verlag Salz und Silber, ISBN 3-00-054046-6
  • 2017: St. Petersburg - contrasts. Illustrated book with a foreword by Wladimir Rannew, Verlag Salz und Silber, ISBN 3-00-057266-X
  • 2019: Angela Merkel. Photo book for the 65th birthday of the Chancellor. Verlag Salz und Silber, ISBN 978-3-9820207-3-0
  • 2019: Turning year - East Germany 1990 - 1995. Verlag Salz und Silber, ISBN 978-3-9820207-1-6

Exhibitions

  • 2004: The people of St. Petersburg, including Stroganov Palace - State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
  • 2007: Pope Benedict XIV, Commerzbank Augsburg, Augsburg
  • 2011: ABOUT LIFE - Photographs by Thomas Hoepker and Daniel Biskup, German Historical Museum, Berlin
  • 2014: 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palau Robert Museum, Barcelona
  • 2014: Angela Merkel, 60 years - 60 pictures, Museum The Kennedys, Berlin
  • 2015: Budapest - Berlin. My way to unity. Special exhibition, The Kennedys (Museum) , Berlin
  • 2015: Budapest - Berlin: My way to unity, Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg, in cooperation with the online gallery Salt and Silver
  • 2017: Foto.Kunst.Boulevard - documentary and staged photographs from tabloid journalism on behalf of BILD, Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin
  • 2017: Russia - Perestroika to Putin, art publisher Galerie Till Breckner, Düsseldorf
  • 2017: Russia - Perestroika to Putin, Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg , in cooperation with the online gallery Salz und Silber
  • 2017: Saint Petersburg - City of Contrasts, Rathausdiele, Hamburg , in cooperation with the Körber Foundation and the City of Hamburg
  • 2018: Daniel Biskup. Russia - Perestroika to Putin, German Glass Painting Museum Linnich

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Benjamin Bidder, perestroika photographer Daniel Biskup Spiegel Online on December 5, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Vita Daniel Biskup on salt and silver , accessed on June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Publications by Daniel Biskup , accessed June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Marcus Bürzle: From apprentice to philosopher , accessed on October 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Biography of Daniel Biskup , accessed June 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ C'T Photography, photo exhibition for Angela Merkel's birthday heise online on July 9, 2014, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ Katja Iken, German on the run Spiegel Online on October 2, 2015, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Zeit Online, Trabi trip for a selfie with Udo Zeit online on October 3, 2015, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Tino Künzel, star photographer Daniel Biskup on Russia's 1990s Moscow German newspaper, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ Daniel Biskup, Mein Russland - von der Perestroike bis Putin Huffington Post on January 31, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Homage with a heart for Hamburg's twin city Bild.de on September 12, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ I am then picture meedia.de on November 6, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ a b c Ina Kresse, What Kai Diekmann in Augsburg reveals about Daniel Biskup Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung on February 22, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ From Maidan to Krim Bild.de on March 14, 2014, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  15. ↑ Will you miss us, Mrs. May Bild.de on January 20, 2018, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  16. ↑ The Eye of German Unity Bild.de on October 6, 2015, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  17. ↑ What was it like in the GDR? Website of the Chancellor on May 11, 2011, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  18. ↑ Florian Eisele, As experienced by photographer Daniel Biskup Donald Trump, Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung on January 18, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  19. ↑ a b Portfolio by Daniel Biskup , accessed June 12, 2018.
  20. ^ Karl Lagerfeld at the Berlin subway station on Rosenheimer Platz Salz und Silber, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  21. ↑ Barack Obama visits Mathias Döpfner Kress News on May 24, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  22. ↑ Chancellor photographer Daniel Biskup Deutsche Welle on September 25, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  23. ^ Online gallery salt and silver photographs by Daniel Biskup, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  24. ↑ Miriam Zissler, A Day That Changed His Life Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung on November 8, 2014, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  25. ↑ Daniel Biskup. Photography Russian Museum St. Petersburg, accessed October 2, 2018.
  26. ^ Photographs by Thomas Hoepker and Daniel Biskup Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  27. ↑ The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 25 Years  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Generalitat de Catalunya, accessed June 12, 2018.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / palaurobert.gencat.cat  
  28. ↑ Angela Merkel: 60 Years - 60 Pictures The official capital city portal, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  29. ^ Archive special exhibitions 2015 The Kennedys 2015, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  30. ↑ When the Wall fell, he drove to the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung on October 5, 2015, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  31. ↑ Photo.Kunst.Boulevard Berliner Festspiele, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  32. ↑ Exhibition: DANIEL BISKUP. RUSSIA - PERESTROIKA BIS PUTIN Kunstverlag Galerie Till Breckner, accessed on June 12, 2018.
  33. ↑ Stefan Grund, insight through Anblick Welt.de on September 14, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Biskup, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photojournalist and documentary photographer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn