Joseph Gallus Rittenberg
Joseph Gallus Rittenberg (born June 24, 1948 in Linz ) is an Austrian photographer, set designer and painter.
Career
Rittenberg grew up in Gallneukirchen and has lived in Munich since 1977. His photographs have been shown at exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, Vienna and New York and have been published in magazines (e.g. Süddeutsche , Die Zeit and der Spiegel ) since the 1980s . Portraits are one of the main focuses of his work. His photographs by the writers Thomas Bernhard and Werner Schwab , Friederike Mayröcker and Ernst Jandl became famous .
Private
Rittenberg's mother is the contemporary witness Hanni Rittenschober (* 1921), whose life was honored by Franzobel in a play that premiered in 2020 .
Publications
- Terra obscura, measurement of a personality , Cadolzburg: ars vivendi, 1998
- Pictures from other circumstances , Weitra: Provincial Library, 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Gallus Rittenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Antiphotographer: Why Nobody Can Escape Joseph Gallus Rittenberg . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 14, 1998
- ↑ brucknerhaus.at: Franzobel in conversation ; accessed on January 28, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rittenberg, Joseph Gallus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer, set designer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |