János Kalmár (photographer)
János Kalmár (* 1937 in Budapest ) is an Austrian photographer and visual artist . He works primarily as a freelance photographer.
Life
János Kalmár was born in Budapest in 1937 and has lived in Vienna since December 1956 . In parallel to his photography training, he studied at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.
Since the early 1960s he has been working as a freelance photographer and since the 1980s he has been Vice President of the Syndicate of Austrian Press Photographers.
He has had solo exhibitions in Vienna, New York , Washington, DC , Alberta , Buenos Aires , Hamburg , Brussels , Bratislava , Sarajevo , Kiev , Sofia , Belgrade , Bucharest , Istanbul , Zagreb , Vilnius , Krakow , Riga . As the author of numerous illustrated books on, among others, the Vienna Ringstrasse , Otto Wagner and turn-of-the-century architecture in Vienna, Prague and Budapest, cultural-historical topics as well as landscape and city portraits are the focus of his work.
His main concern is to tell the stories behind the pictures in addition to the aesthetics and atmosphere.
plant
János Kalmár was involved as a picture author on the following books (selection):
- with Alfred Komarek , Hubertus Knabe : Budapest , Bucher, Berlin / Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7658-0681-1 .
- with Georg Schwikart : Journey through Budapest. Stürtz, Würzburg 2013 (first edition 2007), ISBN 978-3-8003-4182-5 .
- with Walter M. Weiss: Wien , Stürtz, Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8003-4808-4 .
- with Walter M. Weiss, Martin Siepmann: Vienna and Lower Austria , Stürtz, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8003-4402-4 .
- with Michael Kühler: Vienna . Flechsig 2011, ISBN 978-3-8035-2028-9 .
- with Harald Heppner , Peter Urbanitsch , Renate Zedinger: Social Change in the Habsburg Monarchy - Les transformations de la société dans la. Winkler, Bochum 2011, ISBN 978-3-89911-176-7 .
- with János J. Varga: Establishment of the Kingdom of Hungarn (1688–1690) , Steiner, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-515-09778-9 .
- with Georg Schwikart : Vienna , Stürtz, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8003-1956-5 .
- with Dodo Kresse: Journey through Vienna , Stürtz, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8003-4013-2 .
- with Michael Kühler: Fascinating Vienna , Flechsig, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88189-728-0 .
- with Mella Waldstein : Imperial and Royal Court Suppliers of Vienna , Stocker, Graz 2001, ISBN 3-7020-0935-3 .
- with Alfred Stalzer: Das Jüdische Wien , Pichler, Wien 2000, ISBN 3-85058-182-9 .
- with Elvira Grözinger : Build houses and live in them. Traces of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe. Umschau, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-524-69109-9 .
Memberships
János Kalmár is a full member of the professional association of visual artists in Austria .
Exhibition activity
2001–2005: Vienna, Bratislava, Sarajevo, Odessa, Kiev, Sofia, Bucharest, Istanbul, Zagreb, Vilnius, Krakow, Riga, Washington DC, New York, Buenos Aires, "The Jewish Vienna"
Individual evidence
- ^ "Contacts of the Syndikat Foto Film" (accessed on January 16, 2013)
- ^ "Biography of János Kalmár" (accessed on January 16, 2013)
- ^ "Membership in the BV" (accessed on January 16, 2013)
- ↑ "Article in derStandard from November 19, 2003" (accessed on January 16, 2013)
- ↑ "Article in derStandard of October 4, 2004" (accessed on January 16, 2013)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalmár, János |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kalmar, Janos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |