Franz Lazi
Franz Lazi (born February 28, 1922 in Freudenstadt , † October 24, 1998 in Stuttgart ) was a German industrial and advertising photographer and documentary filmmaker .
Life
Franz Lazi was the son of the photographer Adolf Lazi (1884–1955).
After moving with the family to Stuttgart, he attended the Waldorf School there. Lazi was trained in his father Adolf's photo studio. Along with Albert Renger-Patzsch and Hans Finsler, Adolf Lazi was one of the representatives of modern photography in the 1920s and 1930s; His 1936 photographs of the interior of the Zeppelin "Hindenburg" ( LZ 129 ) have become famous . Adolf Lazi's son Franz founded his own studio in Stuttgart in 1949. From 1963 he made experimental and advertising films, later many successful documentaries. He undertook numerous film expeditions to remote or inhospitable areas, including several volcanoes and the South Pole.
reception
Lazi was one of the pioneers of the profession of "freelance photographers" in the Federal Republic. In addition to his work as a commercial photographer, he made a name for himself as a documentary filmmaker since the mid-1960s.
From the early 1960s until his death, Franz Lazi was a close confidante of Walter E. Lautenbacher , the founder and initiator of the Association of Freelance Photo Designers (BFF), of which Lazi was a founding member.
Prizes, awards and honors
- In 1994 the BFF published a Cinderella postage stamp (see illustration) for the 25th anniversary of the professional association for freelance photo designers. The stamp shows the likeness of Walter E. Lautenbacher , Franz Lazi and Ludwig Windstosser, who formed the founding board in 1969.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Lazi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Lazi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- artfacts.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Franz Lazi in Camera Volume 51
- ^ Franz Lazi in Chronicle of the City of Stuttgart, 1997-1999, Hohenheim Verlag, 2000 - 336 pages, page 197
- ↑ Biography of Franz Lazi in: The useful modernity: Graphics & product design in Germany 1935-1955 . Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster, March 19 to June 4, 2000
- ^ Franz Lazi in Kosmos , Society of Friends of Nature, Volume 76, Stuttgart
- ^ Obituary for Franz Lazi in the photo magazine , Heering-Verlag, 1999
- ^ Franz Lazi in Fotomagazin , Heering-Verlag, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lazi, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrial and advertising photographer as well as documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freudenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1998 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |