Helmut Tezak

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Helmut Tezak (born May 31, 1948 in Graz ) is an Austrian photographer and author .

Life

After dropping out of architecture studies at Graz University of Technology , Tezak had been working primarily as an architecture photographer since 1981. He also published several photo essays .

He first appeared in the Forum Stadtpark in 1979 with the exhibition “Fotografs-Whos” and was also represented there in the context of the Styrian Autumn in 1980 in the special show “European Photographers”. In 1993 he published a book about the ORF sculpture park near his hometown.

Awards

  • 1983 Photo Prize from the City of Graz
  • In 1991 Helmut Tezak won the Styrian State Promotion Prize for Photography.

Works (selection)

as a photographer
  • with Manfred Mixner : "-to the end of 83". Photos and a text . Museum of Modern Art, Vienna 1984.
  • with Helmut Eisendle : The South Styrian Wine Route. Thoughts on a region . Droschl, Graz 1984, ISBN 3-85420-054-4 .
  • Manfred Willmann (Ed.): Dakar. A photo essay on masks and roles . Edition Camera Austria, Graz 1985, ISBN 3-900508-03-8 .
  • 3 places. Father? What does ideal world mean? . Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz 1987. (Catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Universalmuseum Joanneum , February 26 to March 22, 1987)
  • with Wolfgang Bauer, Alfred Kolleritsch and others: Steirisches Weinland . Droschl, Graz 1990, ISBN 3-85420-173-7 .
  • Chinese. Photo essay . Droschl, Graz 1992, ISBN 3-85420-319-5 .
as editor
  • Periphery Graz. Results of a photography workshop . Verlag Leuschner & Lubinsky, Graz 1990, ISBN 3-900919-19-8 .

Exhibitions

  • 2010 showcase. Para_SITE Gallery, Graz

Web links

swell

  • Walter Brunner (Ed.): History of the City of Graz, Vol. 4: Stadtlexikon . Self-published, Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4 (on behalf of the City of Graz Cultural Office).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winner of the photography promotion prize of the city of Graz (requested on May 13, 2010)
  2. ↑ parasite website (accessed on February 5, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Tezak, Helmut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tezak, Helmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian photographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz