Harry Hardenberg

Harry Hardenberg (born August 8, 1935 in Stralsund ) is a German photographer .

Life

Hardenberg grew up in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund; to her he also dedicated his photographic work.

After an apprenticeship as a painter , he worked as a painter's journeyman at the Stralsund shipyard . 1956 began his photographic work. Hardenberg initially photographed mainly in black and white, which underlined the authenticity of his pictures. In the 1960s he met the Stralsund archivist Herbert Ewe , who was looking for pictures of the shipyard for one of his books on Stralsund - and found them at Hardenberg.

1969 Hardenberg began a correspondence course at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig , which this 1974 with the diploma of a photo graphic completed. In 1972 the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) awarded him the Artiste FIAP (AFIAP) award.

From 1970 he worked as a photo reporter . 1974 admission to the Association of Visual Artists. 1981 co-founder of the central photography working group in the VBK.

Since 1984 he has been working as a freelance artist.

Hardenberg not only photographed in his hometown Stralsund, but also in the region around Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Study trips took him to China , the USA , England , Romania , Poland , Syria , France and Russia, among others .

In 1993 he was given a teaching position at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald .

He is a founding member of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Artists' Association .

His works have been shown in numerous international and national exhibitions, and pictures of him have been published in over 140 books.

He is married and has three children.

Works (selection)

• Stralsund. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2009. ISBN 978-3-356-01331-3 .
• Rote Brause Stralsund, 1960–1990 , Steffen Verlag , Friedland 2008, ISBN 978-3-940101-48-8 .
• Volkswerft. An illustrated book about VEB Volkswerft Stralsund, a special shipyard for fishing vessels. VEB Volkswerft Stralsund, Stralsund 1975.
• Harry Hardenberg (photographs), Herbert Ewe (text): Stralsund. Pictures of a City 1957–1992. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2005, ISBN 3-356-01088-3 .
• Hans-Joachim Hacker (text), Harry Hardenberg (photographs): Stralsund. Photographs from yesterday and today. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2006, ISBN 978-3-8313-1673-1 .

Web links

• Literature about Harry Hardenberg in the state bibliography MV
• Works by Harry Hardenberg in the state bibliography MV
• Artists' Association of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania