Jaroslav Poncar

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaroslav Poncar in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2004

Jaroslav Poncar (* 1945 in Prague ) is a Czech photographer.

biography

Poncar studied atomic physics from 1963 to 1966 at the Technical University in Prague and then until 1971 theoretical physics at the RWTH Aachen . From 1973 to 2004 he was Professor of Optics and Physics in the Photoengineering Department at Cologne University of Applied Sciences . Since then he has been working at the Institute for Applied Optics and Electronics.

After working as a freelance photographer for DPA in Africa and the Middle East in the early 1970s , from 1974 onwards he mainly traveled to the Himalayas, Tibet, India and Cambodia, specializing in panoramic photography from 1976 onwards. In collaboration with various universities and museums, documentaries on cultural monuments of the regions and projects for their preservation were created. Between 1981 and 1994, in collaboration with Roger Goepper from the Museum of East Asian Art (Cologne), he developed a photographic documentation of the wall paintings in the temples of Alchi and founded the Save Alchi Project with Karl Ludwig Dasser from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences . His photo documentation of the reliefs from Angkor Wat led to the German Apsara Conservation Project at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, of which he was co-director alongside Hans Leisen from 1995 to 2005.

Poncar developed further documentation on the wall paintings in the monastery of Tabo in Spiti and Toling in Guge . For the German Research Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation , photo work was done in the Kingdom of Mustang . In addition, illustrated books about the Loire Valley and Paris were created on trips to France. Between 1977 and 1987 Poncar made documentaries with the cameraman and filmmaker Wolfgang Kohl in India, Pakistan and Tibet. In 2013 he received a practical scholarship at Villa Massimo in Rome.

Illustrated books

Transhimalaya, region of the source of Raka Tsangpo (5100 m), 1987.
  • Himalayan Kingdoms.
  • Alchi - Buddhas, Goddesses, Mandalas. 1982.
  • Ladakh - Land of Passes. 1986.
  • Tibet - gateway to heaven. 1988.
  • Of gods, kings and people. / Of Gods, Kings, and Men. 1995, 2006.
  • Alchi - Ladakh's Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary. 1996.
  • The Loire valley / The Loire Valley. 1997.
  • Panorama of India. 1998.
  • Angkor Revisited. 2000.
  • Tibet. 2001.
  • Tibet. 2004.
  • India. 2005.
  • Angkor - a photographic portrait by Jaroslav Poncar. 2005.
  • Himalayas - Where Gods and Man Meet. 2005.
  • Ceske stredohori. 2007.
  • Burma - the Land that Time Forgot. 2007.
  • Tibet. 2008.
  • Ladakh 1974–2008 - A Photographic Homage. Serindia Productions, Chicago 2010, ISBN 978-1-932476-49-1 .
  • Afghanistan. Text by William Dalrymple . Edition Panorama, Mannheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-89823-454-2 .
  • Burma / Myanmar. Travel photography from 1985 until today. Text by John Keay. Edition Panorama, Mannheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-89823-463-4 .
  • Angkor - A tribute to the stone gods. Text by Wibke Lobo. Edition Panorama, Mannheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-89823-459-7 .
  • Himalaya - 40 years on the roof of the world. Edition Panorama, Mannheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-89823-453-5 .
  • Tibet, a look back . Edition Panorama, Mannheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-89823-477-1 .

Movies

  • In the footsteps of the Queen of Sheba. (On the Trail of the Queen of Sheba), 1977.
  • Through the ice wilderness of the East Karakoram. (Through the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram), 1978.
  • Long march to bliss. (Long March to the Salvation - Shiva Pilgrims in the Himalayas), 1979.
  • The unknown Indus. (The Unknown Indus), 1980.
  • German researchers on the Indus. (German Researchers in the Indus Valley), 1981.
  • The other Indians - a report on the Sikhs. (The Other Indians - a Report on the Sikhs), 1982.
  • Ladakh - a winter fairy tale. (Ladakh - a Winter Tale), 1982.
  • Djenné - where concrete is taboo. (Where Cement is Taboo - Djenné), 1982.
  • Tibet - gateway to heaven. (Tibet - the Gate to Heaven), 1987.
  • Nomads in Tibet. (The Nomads of Tibet), 1987.
  • Save Alchi. 1989.

Web links

swell

Commons : Jaroslav Poncar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Villa Massimo | Jaroslav Poncar. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ For the table. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . January 20, 2013, p. V3.
personal data
SURNAME Poncar, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague