Gerhard Klammet

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Gerhard Klammet (1954)

Gerhard Klammet (born July 13, 1914 in Saalhausen / Wstf. , † April 7, 1990 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) was a German photographer and documentary filmmaker .

Life

Parental home and school time

Gerhard Klammet, the son of an inventor, had his first contact with photography through his mother Martha as a child. Even during his school days in Helmbrechts (Upper Franconia), he was also interested in flora and fauna (especially ornithology ), the main motives of his later professional activity.

Vocational training

Based on his interests, Klammet began an apprenticeship as a photographer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1932 after moving to the Bavarian Alpine foothills , which he completed with the title of master. Until the beginning of the war, he worked on setting up and managing a scientific image and film archive for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen bird sanctuary.

Center of life

His adopted home, first in Murnau am Staffelsee and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and from 1956 in Ohlstadt , offered Gerhard Klammet a rich field of activity as a mountaineer, hiker and photographer. He was a member of the mountain rescue service and the Garmisch-Partenkirchen section of the German Alpine Club , as well as the Bund Naturschutz .

Create

Cultural film production and lecture series

From 1946 onwards, he set up his own cultural film production. In a series of lectures, Klammet reported on the experiences of his travels, which led him as a cameraman and photographer to Egypt, Kenya and the high regions of the Himalayas, among others.

Himalayan expedition

In 1954, Gerhard Klammet took part as a cameraman on the Himalayan expedition Broad Peak under the direction of Karl Herrligkoffer .

The German Himalaya Expedition was seen as a national event in 1954 and was under the patronage of Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the honorary protectorate of Crown Prince Rupprecht . The expedition, which started on August 9, 1954 at Munich Central Station, began in Skardu and was accompanied by 350 porters and dozens of animals. The goal set by Herrligkoffer of reaching the 8,051 m high summit of Brod Peak was not achieved due to minus temperatures of 33 degrees and ice avalanches. The twelve-person expedition team (Karl Herrligkoffer (expedition leader), Michael Anderl, Albert Bitterling , Joachim Fischer, Günter Hauser , Gerhard Klammet, Hermann Köllensperger, Sepp Maag, Rudolf Marek, Toni Messner, Kuno Rainer, Ernst Senn) returned unharmed on May 22nd. December 1954.

The documentary film The Shining Mountain , shot by Klammet as part of this trip , was not shown in the cinemas due to the lack of success at the summit. This expedition should not be confused with the expedition that took place in the same year, albeit in spring and summer, under the direction of Mathias Rebitsch , which provided the basis for the award-winning documentary film Im Schatten des Karakoram .

  • Entrance to the Ice Dome towards Crystal Peak 6237 m

  • Expedition participants in the ice dome, Himalaya expedition 1954

  • Expedition participants in the ice of the Baltoro, crevasse

  • Expedition participants next to a mountain hut in front of cliffs

photography

Gerhard Klammet created an extensive image archive with a focus on nature and landscape photographs. From 1960, recordings with large format cameras (13x18) were added for calendar and book productions , later aerial photographs followed. His second-born daughter Waltraud, who also became a photographer, expanded this archive through her activities.

Works (selection)

Photography, books

  • Through the Abruzzo. By Käthe Schmelz and Gerhard Klammet. Schroll publishing house. Vienna. 1963.
  • Romania . Gerhard Klammet. Umschau Verlag. Frankfurt. 1967.
  • Aerial image atlas Bavaria . With additional aerial photographs by Gerhard Klammet. List-Neumünster: Wachholtz. 1973.
  • Land of the Etruscans . By Karl Lukan and pictures by Gerhard Klammet. Schroll publishing house. Vienna, Munich. 1973.
  • The Greek islands . Illustrated book by Sokratis Dimitriou (text) and Gerhard Klammet (photos), Wilhelm Fink Verlag. Munich. 1974.
  • The Turkish west coast . Illustrated book by Sokratis Dimitriou (text) and Gerhard Klammet (photos). Verlag Stuttgart; Berlin; Cologne; Mainz: Kohlhammer. 1976.
  • GÖREME . Rock towers and cave churches in the Turkish highlands. Picture and text book by Jörg Wagner and Gerhard Klammet. Ravenstein Verlag / Verlag Anton Schroll & Co. / Gerhard-Klammet-Verlag. 1979.
  • The Turkish south coast . Illustrated book by Jörg and Heike Wagner (text) and Gerhard Klammet (photos). Verlag Stuttgart; Berlin; Cologne; Mainz: Kohlhammer. 1982.
  • Fascinating alpine world . Mountain adventures and floral wonders. Illustrated book by Karl Lukan (author) and Gerhard Klammet (illustrator). Fink-Kümmerly u. Frey. Ostfildern. 1988.

Movies

  • 1954 Where the alpine roses bloom . Short documentary. Directed by Gerhard Klammet. Cultural film production Gerhard Klammet. Ohlstadt.
  • 1954/55 The shining mountain . Full program documentary of the German Himalaya Expedition on Agfacolor. Cultural film production Gerhard Klammet. Ohlstadt.
  • 1956 Midsummer Night . Motion pictures. Camera Oskar Schnirch and Gerhard Klammet (big game recordings). Delos-Film Produktionsgesellschaft mbH. Berlin.
  • 1956/57 Escape into the tropical night . Motion pictures. Cinematography by Ekkehard Kyrath and Gerhard Klammet. Constantin film distribution . Frankfurt / Main.
  • 1957/58 The colorful reed . Short documentary. Directed by Gerhard Klammet. Film studio Walter Leckebusch . Munich.
  • 1958 God is on the way . Short documentary. Directed by Gerhard Klammet. Cultural film production Gerhard Klammet. Ohlstadt.

Landscape and animal shots for feature films

Integration of natural moods through contributions by Gerhard Klammet in the following films

Awards

1988 Environmental Medal from the Bavarian State Ministry for services to the protection, design and communication of a healthy environment.

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Klammet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in the Münchner Merkur of July 14, 1988
  2. ↑ obituary for Gerhard Klammet in Visual 3/90
  3. ↑ From Werdenfelser Bergsommer to Heim des Schnees, Münchner Merkur, 1954
  4. ↑ Bavaria and its stories, Herrligkoffers Erbe, Münchner Merkur November 11, 2011
  5. ↑ http://www.bergfieber.de/weltberge/achttausender/broad/expedUNGEN/1954.htm
  6. ^ Exhibition in the village museum Ohlstadt, report Münchner Merkur. The photographic estate of Gerhard Klammet. Contribution to Münchner Merkur .
  7. ^ Publication by Adam Druck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1955
  8. ^ Document of the Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Issues, signed by Alfred Dick on March 15, 1988
personal data
SURNAME Klammet, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalhausen (Lennestadt)
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1990
Place of death Murnau am Staffelsee