Harald Mante

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Harald Mante (born March 29, 1936 in Berlin ) is a German photo designer .

Act

Harald Mante first came into contact with photography in 1960 while studying painting with Vincent Weber at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden . After successfully participating in many photo competitions, the turning point came in 1964 with a three-month trip to Ireland. It marks the change from amateur to professional. This was followed by publications in Stern , Twen , Bild der Zeit , Epoca , and in the entire specialist press. For teaching activities, Harald Mante transferred the principles of image and color design developed by Kandinsky , Klee and Itten during the Bauhaus period to photography. On this basis, his first books, Bildaufbau und Farbdesign , appeared in 1969 and 1970 .

In 1971 he started teaching at the comprehensive university in Wuppertal . In 1973 he moved to the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences to become a professor for free and experimental color photography . In addition to his teaching activities, Harald Mante has always worked as a freelance photo designer. Primarily he has dealt with time and space, reflections, his own shadow and many other topics. He has also photographed and written for specialist magazines and has also commissioned country-specific picture books and other text books.

In 1988, he and his partner Eva Witter developed the large-scale photographic project Image Spaces - Diaphane Methamorphoses of Castles in Europe . In 1993 the far-sighted project followed .

In 2001 Harald Mante retired. Since then he has been involved in adult education, in addition to his free photography, at the Altenakademie Dortmund and the European Art Academy Trier , among others .

Harald Mante has been a member of the Association of Freelance Photo Designers (BFF) since 1973 and of the German Society for Photography (DGPh) since 1975 .

Works

Illustrated books (selection)

  • Photography Unplugged (German). dpunkt Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-898646-04-8 Awarded the title: »German Photo Book Prize - Nominated 2010«
  • Photography Unplugged (English). Rocky Nook (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) 2009, ISBN 978-1-933952-47-5
  • Compositions (monograph). Publishing house Photography, Schaffhausen 1987
  • Ireland . CJ Bucher Verlag, Lucerne / Munich 1986
  • Canada . CJ Bucher Verlag, Lucerne / Munich 1984
  • Austria . CJ Bucher Verlag, Lucerne / Munich 1982
  • Tuscany Umbria . CJ Bucher Verlag, Lucerne / Munich 1981

Textbooks (selection)

  • The photo series - take better photos through serial work . dpunkt Verlag, Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89864-650-5
  • The photo - composition and color design . Verlag Photographie, Gilching 2000, 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-933131-94-2 Awarded the title: »German Photo Book Prize - Nominated 2008«, licenses in the USA and China
  • Use motifs creatively . Verlag Photographie, Schaffhausen 1996, ISBN 3-933131-32-4
  • Seeing and creating in color . Verlag Photographie, Schaffhausen 1980, ISBN 3-7231-8000-0
  • Color design . Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg 1970 (licenses in 4 languages)
  • Image composition . Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg 1969 (licenses in 5 languages)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016 multiple objects . Adesigncollective gallery, Hagen
  • 2001 40 years of photography. Media bunker Dortmund
  • 1987 color photographs . MKK, Dortmund
  • 1986 Venice . Italian Cultural Institute, Cologne
  • 1982 color photography and sequences . St. Johann Gallery, Saarbrücken
  • 1978 series and sequences . Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, CDN
  • 1976 series and sequences . House of Art, Hamburg
  • 1974 Multiple objects . Gallery Die Insel, Hamburg
  • 1966 Ireland and Portugal . Photokina 66, Cologne

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2001 Dortmund forever . MKK, Dortmund
  • 1990 Artistic beer coasters . Thier Gallery, Dortmund
  • 1983 4 students of Vincent Weber . Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
  • 1981 color in the photo . Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne
  • 1977 sequences by artists . Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
  • 1973 Multiple objects . Cossonay, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1968 2nd World Exhibition of Photography . Press house Stern, Hamburg

Exhibitions »Image Spaces« with Eva Witter (selection)

  • 2008 Bad Pyrmont Castle Museum
  • 2004 State Museum of Oldenburg Castle
  • 1998 Münster City Museum
  • 1995 Museum for Arts and Crafts, Hamburg
  • 1993 Museum for Photography, Braunschweig

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personal data
SURNAME Mante, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Color Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photo designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin