Günter Rössler

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Günter Rössler (2009)

Günter Rössler (born January 6, 1926 in Leipzig ; † December 31, 2012 there ) was a German photographer who made a name for himself in the field of artistic nude photography .

Life

Günter Rössler began an apprenticeship in photography in 1946 and studied from 1947 at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art . From 1951 he worked as a freelance fashion, reportage and advertising photographer. In the 1960s he devoted himself to nude photography, making him one of the pioneers of this genre in the GDR .

From 1954 to 1990 he worked mainly for GDR fashion magazines such as Modische Maschen and Sibylle as well as the monthly magazine Das Magazin and in photo magazines such as Photography and Photo Cinema Magazine .

His first nude exhibition - 1979 at the Kunsthaus Grimma - caused a sensation in the GDR. His subsequent exhibitions were also crowd pullers. Since his photos were considered "not offensive", the exhibitions were also visited by school classes. Simplicity and abstraction on black and white make his photos appear almost sculptural; the great naturalness of his models was part of the concept of his nude photography.

In 1981 Rössler was accepted into the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . In 1996 he was appointed to the German Society for Photography .

In 1984 Playboy printed a ten-page article with photos by Günter Rössler under the title Girls of the GDR . The report was rewarded by Playboy with 10,000 DM, of which, as was customary in the GDR, he received only 15%.

Alongside Günter Rinnhofer , he was one of the few photographers who for decades had photos in the magazines Fotokino-Magazin and Fotografie almost every month . He worked mostly in black and white.

An interview and photos were published in 2011 in Das Magazin .

After his first wife Ruth died of cancer in 1991, Rössler was married to the former model Kirsten Schlegel, whom he had met when she was 14 years old. She worked for him first as a model for fashion shoots and then as an assistant. They had a daughter together (* 2003).

The remains of Günter Rössler, who lived in Markkleeberg- Ost near Leipzig for more than 50 years , were buried in an urn on January 11, 2013 at the Markkleeberg Auenfriedhof.

Publications

  • Axel Bertram (Ed.): Nude photography. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1992, ISBN 3-7352-0291-8 .
  • Current edition Braus, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-8295-6810-X .
  • Sequences. Umschau Buchverlag, Frankfurt / Main 2002, ISBN 3-8295-6602-6 .
  • My life in many files. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-360-01275-5 .
  • Nude photography 1953-2010. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-360-02102-1 .
  • Strong women in the east. Photographs 1964 to 2009. Jaron Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89773-703-7
  • Strong women in the east. Photographs 1964 to 2009. Limited special edition, linen binding with cover label and signed and numbered hand print of the title motif of this edition. Jaron Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89773-705-1 .

literature

  • Roger Rössing (Ed.): Günter Rössler. Fotokinoverlag, Leipzig 1982.
  • Thomas Tiltmann, Jana Kausch: Aesthetics of the hidden. Günter Rössler and the nude photography of the GDR. (offered by the publisher as a printed work on demand), AV Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2011, ISBN 978-3-639-38218-1
  • Günter Rössler: My life in many files. Written down by Uta Kolano . Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-360-01275-5
  • Günter Rössler. Balkan images. Edited by Ralf C. Müller. Leipzig 2010. Eudora-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938533-40-6
  • Uta Kolano : Collective d'Amour - love, sex and partnership in the GDR. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89773-669-6 . With an interview with Günter Rössler and Kirsten Schlegel.

Exhibitions

documentary

  • Workshop Future II (GDR 1976, director: Joachim Hellwig )
  • Fred R. Willitzkat: The genius of the moment - the photographer Günter Rössler. Germany 2012, 97 min.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jaron Verlag Berlin: Günter Rössler died unexpectedly. (PDF; 70 kB) Press release from January 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Description of his nude photography .
  3. ↑ Kunstpictorial: "Noble on a silver background in the heart of the magazine - the PLAYBOY called it an art pictorial - under the title 'Girls from the GDR', the pictures professionally arranged with one another ..." Quoted from: Helfried Strauss: Opening speech on the occasion of Günther Rössler Exhibition in the City History Museum Leipzig 2008. held on September 5, 2009. ( Full text of the speech on the website of H. Strauss , accessed on June 22, 2010.)
  4. ↑ Interview DAS MAGAZIN, January 2011 ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dasmagazin.de
  5. ^ Anna Reimann: Nude photographer Rössler. Death in the "Super Illu". In: Spiegel Online from April 20, 2006.
  6. ^ Girls of the GDR. Nude photographer Günter Rössler is dead. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 2, 2013 (accessed January 4, 2013).
  7. ^ Rolf Richter: Markkleeberg. Moving farewell to Günter Rössler. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung from 12/13. January 2013, p. 1.
  8. ↑ DNB 977191427 .
  9. ↑ Norman Gorek: Makes you want more. “Naked and natural” in the Pomeranian State Museum. In: Moritz-Magazin on December 21, 2008.
  10. ^ H1-TV, report .
  11. ^ Exhibition Vogtlandhalle .
  12. ^ Exhibition of Lichtenwalde Castle .
  13. ↑ MDR TV show The genius of the moment .
personal data
SURNAME Rössler, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , Weimar Republic
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2012
Place of death Leipzig , Germany