Erika Hubatschek

Erika Hubatschek (born October 5, 1917 in Klagenfurt , † May 19, 2010 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian photographer, geographer and folklorist . Her interest was primarily directed towards the life of Austrian mountain farmers, which she described and documented in numerous books.

Life

Erika Hubatschek was the daughter of a Protestant pastor in Klagenfurt and grew up in Bruck an der Mur . Originally she wanted to study at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna , but since she did not descend directly from a farm with her own land, she rejected this plan again. After studying geography, sports and folklore in Graz and from 1937 in Innsbruck, she did her doctorate in 1940 on the subject of alpine pastures and mountain meadows in the upper Lungau ; the work was not printed until 1950. From 1940 to 1978 she worked as a high school teacher in Innsbruck. Her great interest was in the life and work of the mountain farmers, which she documented photographically for over 60 years. For a long time she worked with a Kodak Retina , later with a Leica - all flash photos were taken with magnesium light . Since 1949 she has given international lectures and since 1992 she has been represented in photo exhibitions around the world, including an exhibition in the Alpine Museum in Munich in 2001 .

Publications

Erika Hubatschek's books are primarily photo-text volumes. Most of them appeared in their Hubatschek edition .

• Farms in south-eastern Carinthia , Innsbruck 1984, ISBN 978-3-85454-038-0 (reprint of the 1970 edition)
• Farming in the Oetztal then and now , Innsbruck 1996, ISBN 978-3-900899-02-8 Edition Hubatschek
• Farmers' work in the mountains - work and life of mountain farmers in pictorial documents from half a century , Innsbruck 1998, ISBN 978-3-900899-01-1 Edition Hubatschek
• Living on the steep slope - pictorial documents 1939-1960 , Innsbruck 1998, ISBN 978-3-900899-03-5 Edition Hubatschek
• Erika Hubatschek (photographs), Rupert Larl, Gunther Waibl: Über das Land , Innsbruck 1999, ISBN 978-3-900899-08-0 Edition Hubatschek
• Almen und Bergmähden in the upper Lungau , Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 978-3-900899-11-0 Edition Hubatschek
• Bergbauern im Stubai - About Neustift and its inhabitants sixty years ago and today , Innsbruck 2004, ISBN 978-3-900899-12-7 Edition Hubatschek
• My life with the mountain farmers - A biography in conversation with Anette Köhler , Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2888-0 Tyrolia Verlag
• At second glance - people, farms and agriculture in transition , Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-900899-18-9 Edition Hubatschek

Web links

• Literature by and about Erika Hubatschek in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the website haben.at
2. ^ Obituary on the website of the Österreichische BauernZeitung
3. ^ Report on the exhibition in the Traunsteiner Tagblatt