Harald Kirschner

Harald Kirschner (* 1944 in Reichenberg ) is a German photographer ; His main creative areas are social documentary photography , reportage and everyday photography in the GDR .

Life

Harald Kirschner grew up in Altentreptow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Between 1963 and 1965 he completed an apprenticeship as a photographer in Loitz .

From 1968 to 1973 Kirschner studied photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig , where he graduated with a diploma. After completing his apprenticeship at this university, he worked there as a university lecturer , before he went freelance in 1981 .

From 1993 to 2003 the photographer was involved in numerous book publications by Pro Leipzig eV - for example about some parts of Leipzig.

July 25, 2017: The foundation's work abroad - Start up Dialog (Photo: Harald Kirschner)

2018 Syria '86 , Leipzig , House of Books
2018 Credo , Marcel Callo House, Heilbad Heiligenstadt
2017 Credo , State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, SPD state parliamentary group
2016 Credo , Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
2016 Gnadenkirche, Leipzig-Wahren
2016 Jochen Hempel Gallery, Berlin
2016 Dream and Tristesse , Foundation House of the History of the FRG, Bonn
2015 Neubrandenburg
2015 Limits , Pauluskirche Grünau, Leipzig
2015 The beginnings of the Catholic parish of St. Martin in Grünau , Leipzig
2015 Dream and Tristesse , Museum in der Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
2014 Breunsdorf 1994 , exhibition in the Museum of the City of Borna
2013 Patina - Hall 1986–1990 , Galerie Raum Hellrot, Halle
2012 East Leipzig 1981 , Galerie Komm-Haus, Leipzig
2012 Syria 1986 , Galerie Bürocafé Tiefensee, Leipzig
2012 Dream and Tristesse , House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany, Contemporary History Forum Leipzig
2011 East Leipzig 1981/2011 , Pöge-Haus Leipzig (with Christiane Eisler)
2010 Eiger North Face - Abandoned Apartments , City History Museum Leipzig
2009 Pauluskirche Leipzig Gallery
2006 Allee-Center Leipzig

2016 3plus2 , Quito / Ecuador
2015 Paradigma Plagwitz 2 , Druckkunst-Museum, Leipzig (catalog)
2015 positions of Leipzig photographers , Galerie Waldenburg
2014 Paradigma Plagwitz , Tapetenwerk, Leipzig (catalog)
2014 Leipzig Monochrom , Galerie Koenitz, Leipzig
2011 Leipzig - Photography since 1839 , Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (catalog)
2009 East - To Protocol / For the record , Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig (catalog) as well as in Chemnitz, Munich, Essen, Stavanger, Neubrandenburg, Frankfurt, Dresden
2009 60/40/20. Art in Leipzig since 1949 , Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig / Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (catalog)
2009 places. Heimat , Galerie Photan, Leipzig
2000 7th annual Leipzig exhibition (catalog)
2000 The Ir-Real of the Real , Georgia Museum of Art, USA (catalog)
1999 Revolution with candles , KPMG gallery, Leipzig

Raster concrete - life in large housing estates between art and slab. Leipzig-Grünau in an international comparison. Weimar 2017
Credo - Church in the GDR. Halle (Saale) 2017
Getting home - Leipzig-Grünau 1981 to 1991. Halle (Saale) 2015
Patina - hall 1986–1990 . Halle (Saale) 2013
The circus is here. Together with Jutta Kirschner. Berlin 1987, 2nd edition.
A horse holiday ride. Together with Jutta Kirschner. Berlin 1986, 4th ed.

Harald Kirschner is married to the children's book - illustrator and - author Jutta Kirschner. The couple have published some books together and live in Leipzig 's Grünau district .