Gaby summer
Gaby Sommer (born December 24, 1959 in Wiesbaden ; † October 10, 2018 ) was a German photographer and photojournalist .
Life
From 1979, Sommer worked as a freelance photographer for the Lahnsteiner edition of the Rhein-Zeitung in Koblenz. She made her first journalistic trip to Burkina Faso . From 1980 she worked for the Associated Press , later for the Gamma agency and the Reuters news agency . Her pictures have appeared in Time , Maclean’s and Gente , among others . Many of her international assignments took her to Eastern Europe. From 1989 portraits were taken for various magazines such as Bunte and Spiegel . From 1995 onwards, Sommer worked with portrait photography for national and international companies.
Starting in 2002, the independent photo projects Heimat , Himmel auf Erden and Rheingold were created , which Sommer has shown in exhibitions since 2013. In 2005 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation (IMMF) and trained professional photographers in Vietnam on their behalf . In 2006 he was appointed to the German Society for Photography (DGPh) . She lived near the Loreley until her death . Gaby Sommer died on October 10, 2018 at the age of 58 years to cancer .
Solo exhibitions
- 2011: "Moments - 30 years of photographs by Gaby Sommer DGPh". Königswinter , Atelier Meerkatze
- 2011: "Fight back, resist: the peace movement 1981–1985". Saarbrücken , Patton Foundation Sustainable Trust (catalog)
- 2013: “Le Paradis sur Terre”. Argentat / Dordogne, (France), Galerie 4 Rivière, together with Mike Durant (catalog)
- 2013: "Heaven on Earth". Assmannshausen , Assmannshausen domain
- 2013: “Le Paradis sur Terre”. Aurillac, Corréze, (France), Les jardins Sothys, together with Mike Durant (catalog)
- 2013: "Rheingold". Sankt Goarshausen , Kunsthalle Stadtmühle (catalog)
- 2014: Assmannshausen, Assmannshausen domain
- 2014: Eltville , Eberbach Monastery Vinotheque
Group exhibitions
- 2009: "We are the people - Peaceful Revolution 1989/90". Berlin, Alexanderplatz, Robert Havemann Foundation,
- 2011: “Berlin - Faces of History”. Lausanne (Switzerland), Patton Foundation at Vestergaard Frandsen
- 2012: "Berlin / New York: Tales of two cities". Berlin, Patton Foundation in the representation of the Saarland at the federal government
- 2012: “Cologne Cathedral as a guest in Königswinter”. Königswinter, Atelier Meerkatze
- 2012: “Berlin - Faces of History”. Lausanne (Switzerland), Patton Foundation at the Mont-Olivet Institute
- 2013: "Königswinter in the five seasons". Königswinter, Atelier Meerkatze
- 2013: "Heaven on Earth". Mainz, ZDF Mainz
- 2014: "Home". Koblenz, Crafts Gallery
- 2014: “Nice prospects”. Königswinter, Atelier Meerkatze
- 2014: "Heaven on Earth". Königswinter, Kunsthaus 1717
TV reports
- 17.30 Sat 1 live, October 24, 2012
- SWR evening show, October 11, 2012
- SR Current report, May 18, 2011
- SWR state show, August 10, 2010
literature
- Reuters World 4/1986, p. 28
- The Art of Seeing - the best of Reuters photography. Pearson Education, 2000, pp. 106-107.
- Foto-scene 14/1991 pp. 52–59.
- Horst Faas: 50 ans de photojournalisme. Hachette Verlag, Paris, 2008, pp. 126–127.
- Rhein-Zeitung , April 11, 2009, Portrait Journal p. 3
- Kurt Volkert, Gisela Volkert, Axel Wendelberger: Atelier Meerkatze. AWM-Verlag, St. Augustin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9809308-9-5 , pp. 202-205.
Web links
- Gaby Sommer homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Vanessa Rummelhagen: Mourning for photographer Gaby Sommer. In: RedBox.de. October 12, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ kressKÖPFE: Gaby Sommer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Gaby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and photo journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 2018 |