Friedel Ammann

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Friedel Ammann (* 1959 in Basel ) is a Swiss photographer .

biography

After finishing school and his apprenticeship, he began extreme climbing and alpinism in 1977 . In 1981 he started his first trips by bike across Europe, later worldwide to Tunisia , Algeria , Malawi , Senegal , South Africa , Indonesia , the Philippines , Afghanistan , the camera always with him. Friedel Ammann learned the photographic trade with the help of photographer friends, specialist literature and intensive work in the darkroom. He particularly studied the work of Ansel Adams , Henri Cartier-Bresson , Josef Koudelka and Werner Bischof . Friedel Ammann still has no formally certified qualifications as a photographer.

In 1985 he co-founded the travel outfitter Transa Backpacking Basel, where he got to know the work and biography of Richard Buckminster Fuller and Bill Moss (Moss - Museum of Modern Art , New York : “For me, a tent is a modern art object that you can walk into As a tribute, Friedel Ammann exhibited their geodetic and anthropometric tents in 1989 at the Kunstmuseum Basel among works of art by Rodin and Hans Arp .

The first photojournalism work and publications in various media in Switzerland followed in 2000 . In 2001 he started his aid project in Manila: "The roses from Metro Manila ". After the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001 , Friedel Ammann received a request from National Geographic to document the Afghanistan Institute in Bubendorf near Basel .

In 2002 he traveled to Dakar , Senegal for his aid project “Thiaba” . This was followed by publications in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung - folio, Tages-Anzeiger , Le Temps ( art Basel ), Die Zeit , Nikonprofessionell , Geo , Der Spiegel , as well as commissioned work for Hoffmann-La Roche , Basilea Pharmaceutica , Vitra , Sony , Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , Joachim Rittmeyer u. a. m. In 2005 and 2007 he traveled to Afghanistan on behalf of UNESCO and took photos there for an aid organization . In 2008 he went on a reportage trip to Oman and in 2009 a bike trip took him through southern Italy and in 2010 France. He carried out commissioned work for the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen. In March 2011 he went on a bike trip through Japan, u. a. to Fukushima . In 2012 he carried out a travel report in Indonesia and in 2013 a bicycle tour with a report on Palestine. In 2014 he traveled through southern Europe, Portugal, Spain, Greece and southern Italy. In 2015 he made a travel report in Madagascar and in 2017 a trip through Eastern Europe. 2018 travel report through Sicily on the subject of migration. 2019 travel report through Northern Ireland, Ireland on the subject of Brexit.

Works

Photo competitions and awards

  • 2006 NIKON NEWS Subject «Art»: Awarded and honored
  • 2005 Swiss Press: Art and Culture category nominated
  • 2003 SWISS PRESSEFOTO AWARD:
    • 2nd place category reports,
    • 1st place category Open Gallery,
    • Press photo of the year: 2nd place
    • Swiss Press: category reports nominated,
    • UNICEF / NIKON NPCI: 3rd place,
    • UNESCO Photo of the Year: Awarded and honored,
  • 2002 SCHWEIZER PRESSEFOTO AWARD: 7 nominations, 1st place in the international category, 2nd place in the Swiss category, 1st place in the Open Gallery category and press photo of the year 2002
  • 1999 SCHWEIZER PRESSEFOTO AWARD: 3 nominations
  • 1998 Natural History Museum Friborg, topic “The Forest”: 5 nominations
  • 1995 fotoMAGAZIN / STERN «True Story»
  • 1995 RAVAGE KletterMagazin photo competition 1st place

Photo exhibitions

  • 2013 Ramstein Optik Basel: Photo exhibition "Tête à Tête"
  • 2011 Open Air «Frauen / Women / Femmes / Donne» - in the garden of mission 21 , Basel
  • 2006 Open Air «Afghanistan» - University of Irchel Zurich, Münsterplatz Basel, Afghanistan-Museum Bubendorf
  • 2005 Open Air “Modern Times” - Teufelhof Basel
  • 2004 Open Air “Thiaba” - University Hospital Basel
  • 2003 Open Air “The roses from Metro Manila” - Basel culture raft Photo exhibition “Thiaba” - Literaturhaus Basel
  • 2002 «Reports from Switzerland» - Ramstein Basel Photo exhibition «Strandgut» - Teufelhof Basel
  • 2001 «Viva Italia» - Ringierhaus Zürich «Plakativ» photo exhibition - Speleo Projects - Allschwil
  • 1999 «Visitation in Switzerland» - Franco-German Cultural Institute Aachen, Swiss Consulate General Düsseldorf

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personal data
SURNAME Ammann, Friedel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel