Daniel Josefsohn
Daniel Josefsohn (born September 22, 1961 in Hamburg ; † August 13, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German photographer . He lived and worked in Berlin. In particular, his pictures from the 1990s (especially the MTV poster “Bitch”) gained greater attention and helped shape the public perception of this time.
He was creative director of the Volksbühne Berlin from 2010/11 to 2012.
Life
Daniel Josefsohn was born to Jewish parents, his father's family came from Romania , his mother's family from Hungary . His father Serge, a former engineer in the Israeli merchant navy, ran a nightclub in Hamburg and died in 2004.
Daniel Josefsohn attended various schools, including a Waldorf boarding school . However, he did not obtain a school leaving certificate or regular professional training. As a teenager he earned his income by skating and as a waiter. On August 14, 1986, he was arrested in an attempted bank fraud. In 1989 he bought his first camera.
Josefsohn became known in 1994 through the advertising campaign Miststück for the music channel MTV .
In the following years he worked as a photographer for the major German print magazines.
Daniel Josefsohn had a son and lived with his partner Karin Müller. In November 2012 he suffered a stroke and has since been left-sided with walking difficulties. In 2014, he and his partner wrote regularly in ZEITmagazin about his life before and after the stroke. The couple received the German LeadAward for the best reportage photography for the series “Am Leben” .
Awards (selection)
- 2014: Lead Awards - Gold with Karin Müller for the photo column Am Leben , Zeit-Magazin No. 01 to 27
- 2013: Lead Awards - Award for Are You Still Afraid of Becoming Like Your Father? Time magazine No. 38
- 2012: Lead Awards - Bronze for the poster campaign Volksbühne Berlin
- 2010: Lead Awards - Gold for the advertising campaign Mr. v. Eden, Half Wild / Half Child
- 2008: Lead Awards - Award for "China White / Beijing, China"
- 2007: Lead Awards - Gold for the fashion production " Dear Miss Darwin"
- 2007: Lead Awards - Bronze for the Unifaith advertising campaign - so that we can finally smell each other
- 2006: ADC Germany - bronze for packaging design
- 1994: ADC Germany - gold, silver, bronze for the MTV awareness campaign
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2016: Galerie Werkhallen, Remagen - I want to be happy ... I have the power
- 2014: Leipzig - F / Stop
- 2014: House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg - Lead Award Germany, Am Leben (group)
- 2014: Kunstverein Jesteburg - also take passport photos (single)
- 2013: Art Museum Haifa - Israel New Ideals (group)
- 2011: Der Kunstverein, Hamburg - Freedom of speech (group)
- 2010: Gallery Pavlog's Dog, Berlin - Dear God forgive me (single)
- 2010: Der Kunstverein, Hamburg - Everything will be fine mother (single)
- 2007: House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg - Lead Award Germany Dear Miss Darwin (group)
- 2007: Gnosa, Hamburg - Bent (individual)
- 2006: Gnosa, Hamburg - The Gay Rodeo Finals (singles)
- 2005: Kunsthalle Erfurt - Kino Club Josefsohn, get well soon (single)
- 2004: City Gallery, Prague (single)
- 2001: We - Comawoche, Hamburg (group)
- 2000: Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden Pictures that were still missing (group)
Works
- OK DJ , edited by Nadine Barth. Translated by Amy Klement. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-7757-3881-1 .
- Fuck yes . Texts by Karin Müller. Distance, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95476-097-8 .
Documentation
- DJ Punk - The photographer Daniel Josefsohn. 53-minute television documentary by Lutz Pehnert (rbb, Germany 2018)
Web links
- Artist's website
- Lothar Gorris: Photography: Yo, punk rock. Der Spiegel 46/2014, November 10, 2014, pp. 134-138 , accessed on August 18, 2016 ( digitized version ).
- Sebastian Hammelehle: Daniel Josefsohn: MTV “bitch” inventor shaped the 90s. Die Welt , May 28, 2010, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- Mike Meiré : "Oh shit, my finger is burning!" Interview with Daniel Josefsohn . Interview 10/2014
- Daniel Josefsohn: Alive . Zeit magazine , May 6, 2014
- Georg Diez : On the death of Daniel Josefsohn: He saw where others only looked . Spiegel Online , August 14, 2016, accessed August 14, 2016
- Factory halls , gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Diez: On the death of Daniel Josefsohn: He saw where others only looked In: Spiegel Online , August 15, 2016
- ^ Daniel Josefsohn. Everything will be fine. Mother - Kunstverein, Hamburg . Art-in.de, April 28, 2010, accessed on August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Sebastian Hammelehle: Daniel Josefsohn: MTV "bitch" inventor shaped the 90s. Die Welt , May 28, 2010, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Maximilian Haag: Between Art, Excess and Provocation: Fuck Yes, Daniel Josefsohn! Terminal Y, June 11, 2015, accessed August 18, 2016.
- ^ Lothar Gorris: Photography: Yo, Punkrock. Der Spiegel 46/2014, November 10, 2014, pp. 134-138 , accessed on August 18, 2016 .
- ^ Daniel Josefsohn: Alive . Zeit magazine , May 6, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Josefsohn, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2016 |
| Place of death | Berlin |