Jürgen Schadeberg

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Jürgen Schadeberg (born March 18, 1931 in Berlin ; † August 29, 2020 ) was a South African photographer and filmmaker of German origin. He became known for his photos, which show the life of South African blacks in Johannesburg in the 1950s.

Life

From 1946 Schadeberg attended the School for Optics and Photo Technology in Berlin. He then did an internship as a photographer at the German Press Agency in Hamburg.

In 1950 he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, where his mother already lived with his stepfather, a British captain. He became the photographer and photo editor of Drum magazine , which was mainly read by the black majority of the population. His black and white photos portray numerous well-known black South Africans such as the politicians Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu and the musicians Miriam Makeba , Dolly Rathebe and Kippie Moeketsi . In addition, he depicted life in the townships in his photos . One focus of his work was the Johannesburg district of Sophiatown , which was known as the "Paris of Johannesburg" due to its cultural significance and was evacuated from 1955 to 1959. In addition, Schadeberg worked as a mentor to numerous local photographers within the drum editorial team, including Peter Magubane . He worked frequently with the journalist Henry Nxumalo . Schadeberg's stance was in conflict with the prevailing apartheid policy , so that he often came into conflict with the authorities. In 1959 he stopped working for the magazine. He subsequently worked as a freelance photographer. As a photographer, he accompanied the anthropologist Phillip Tobias' research trips to the San .

In 1964, Schadeberg left South Africa because his work had repeatedly been hindered by the country's security authorities. From then on he worked as an editor for the London magazine Creative Camera . From 1969 to 1972 he studied painting in Spain . For the Christian Aid company he took positions in Botswana and Tanzania . In 1973 he traveled to Senegal , Mali , Kenya and Zaire . He then taught as a lecturer at several art schools, including in 1980 at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts .

In 1985 Jürgen Schadeberg returned to Johannesburg. He edited photo books and devoted himself to the production of documentaries , which deal primarily with the life of black people in South Africa. The films include Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC (German for example: "Nelson Mandela and the rise of the ANC") and Have You Seen Drum Recently? (for example, “Have you seen Drum recently?”) dealing with Drum magazine . In 1994 he portrayed Nelson Mandela in his former prison cell on Robben Island .

In 2005 Schadeberg's photo book Voices from the Land was published . It's about farmers and farm workers in South Africa.

When he applied for a South African passport in 2008 , his German passport became invalid. It was returned in 2013 on the initiative of Robert von Lucius , Philipp Rösler and Uschi Eid . Schadeberg lived in Berlin from 2011 and moved to Spain in 2013 .

Jürgen Schadeberg was married to the art historian Claudia Schadeberg.

He died in August 2020 at the age of 89.

Movie

Jürgen Schadeberg's work at Drum is portrayed in the feature film Drum - Truth at Any Price , released in 2004 . The focus there is on his collaboration with Henry Nxumalo.

Honors and reception

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016: Jürgen Schadeberg - Mandela Photographs , IG Metallhaus , Frankfurt am Main.
  • 2017: Jürgen Schadeberg - Seen and Unseen , Leica Gallery, Frankfurt am Main.

Works

Books

  • Exhibition of Photographs. Photographer's Gallery, 1981, ISBN 978-0-9506093-9-3 .
  • The Fifties People of South Africa: the Lives of Some Ninety-Five People Who Were Influential in South Africa During the Fifties, a Period Which Saw the First Stirrings of the Coming Revolution. With photos by Bob Gosani and others, Bailey's African Photo Archives, 1987, ISBN 0-620-10529-1 .
  • The Finest Photos From the Old Drum. Bailey's African Photo Archives, Sigma Press, Penguin Books, 1987, ISBN 0-620-10581-X .
  • The Kalahari Bushmen Dance. Together with George Hulme. Wildwood House, 1982, ISBN 978-0-7045-0472-1 .
  • as editor: Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC. Photos by Ian Berry and others; Text by Benson Dyantyi and others. Jonathan Ball, 1990, ISBN 978-0-947464-18-9 .
  • as co-editor: DRUM - The Fifties - Images from South Africa. Rogner & Bernhard at Zweiausendeins, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-8077-0248-2 .
  • as photographer: Sof 'Town Blues: Images from the Black' 50s. Text by Anthony Sampson . Schadeberg Movie Company, 1994, ISBN 978-0-9583980-1-5 .
  • Voices from Robben Island. Ravan Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-86975-454-2 .
  • The Black and White Fifties: Jürgen Schadeberg's South Africa. Protea, 2001, ISBN 1-91-982571-1 .
  • Soweto Today. Protea Book House, 2002, ISBN 1-919825-72-X .
  • As a photographer and illustrator: Who Killed Mr. Drum? Text by Sylvester Stein. Corvo Books, 2003, ISBN 0-9543255-1-6 .
  • as photographer: The Book of Life. Text by Caro Williams. UN Development Program, 2004, ISBN 978-0-620-33285-9 .
  • Witness: 52 Years of Pointing Lenses at Life. Protea Book House, 2004, ISBN 978-1-86919-067-5 .
  • Voices from the Land. Protea Book House, 2005, ISBN 1-86919-105-6 .
  • Photographies. IAC, 2006, ISBN 978-2-916373-02-7 .
  • Tales from Jozi. Protea Book House, 2007, ISBN 978-1-86919-175-7 .
  • Jazz, Blues and Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa. David Philip, 2007, ISBN 978-0-86486-705-6 .
  • as photographer: Jürgen Schadeberg. Edited by Ralf-Peter Seippel. Hatje Cantz, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2150-9 .
  • as a photographer: not from here and not from there: upheaval and upheavals in South Africa. Text by Robert von Lucius . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2010, ISBN 978-3-89812-644-1 .

Movies and videos

  • Ernest Cole - video, 52 min
  • Voices from Robben Island - 16 mm film, 90 min (co-production with the BBC)
  • War & Peace - video, 60 min
  • Have you Seen Drum Recently? - 35 mm film, 77 min
  • The Seven Ages of Music - Video, 56 min
  • Dolly & the Inkspots - Video, 26 min
  • Drumbeats - 16 mm film, 56 min
  • Ballroom Fever - video, 26 min
  • Jo'burg Cocktail - Video, 56 min
  • Halala Bomane! [Hail the Women!] - video, 56 min

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.sapeople.com/2020/08/30/famous-mandela-photographer-at-drum-magazine-jurgen-schadeberg-dies/
  2. ↑ CV at drum-derfilm.de (archive version)
  3. ↑ Jürgen Schadeberg. In: Leica Photography International 1/2019, p. 29.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Martin Eich: With the camera against apartheid. Rhein-Main-Presse of March 15, 2014 (PDF), accessed on May 28, 2014
  5. ↑ Jürgen Schadeberg, Klaus Humann: DRUM - The fifties - Images from South Africa. Rogner & Bernhard at Zweiausendeins, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-8077-0248-2 .
  6. ↑ Jürgen Schadeberg. South African History Online , accessed October 16, 2019
  7. ↑ Jürgen Schadeberg, Klaus Humann (Ed.): DRUM - The fifties - Images from South Africa . Rogner & Bernhard at Zweiausendeins, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-8077-0248-2 .
  8. ↑ Claudia Schadeberg jurgenschadeberg.com (English), accessed on January 2, 2019
  9. ↑ Celebrated photographer Jürgen Schadeberg dies, aged 89. Accessed August 30, 2020 .
  10. ↑ You have to be the first. fr-online.de of July 5, 2008, accessed on May 29, 2014
  11. ↑ Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement Award , accessed January 2, 2019
  12. ↑ Official website (English), accessed on August 18, 2019
  13. ^ Winner of the Leica Hall of Fame Award. de.leica-camera.com, accessed January 2, 2019
  14. ↑ Half a century with South Africa's Madiba in FAZ from August 5, 2016, p. 45
  15. ↑ short for Sophiatown
personal data
SURNAME Schadeberg, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-South African photographer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 29th August 2020