KaPe Schmidt
KaPe Schmidt (born August 18, 1966 in Cologne ; also KP Schmidt , real name Klaus Peter Schmidt ) is a German photographer and cameraman .
Life
Schmidt attended the School of Design in Cologne from 1983 to 1985 and completed classical photography training from 1987 to 1990. He began his photographic career in 1991 as a people and advertising photographer and since the beginning of 2000 has specialized in the field of "digital compositing photography". Schmidt took part in various solo and group exhibitions with his artistic photography.
From 2001 Schmidt is represented by the Galerie Skala in Cologne. In addition to photography, Schmidt works as a freelance cameraman. Since the mid-90s he has been the camera operator for numerous films by the Cologne group , including a. for the directors Marcel Belledin, Götz Großhans, Markus Mischkowski and Kai Maria Steinkühler . The feature film Westend , which he photographed , had its world premiere on October 24, 2001 at the 35th Hof International Film Festival and its international premiere on January 27, 2002 at the 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). It was released in German cinemas in October 2003 and was released on DVD in March 2006 in the Edition Filmmuseum .
In 2004 Schmidt wrote the textbook Basics of Film Material Exposure, which was published by Mediabook-Verlag. In the same year he received a nomination for the German Camera Prize for the short film V - Five (director: Don Schubert ) and was appointed to the German Society for Photography (DGPh). Schmidt has been working as a lecturer in the fields of camera work, film material exposure and the aesthetics of visual language for various advanced training institutions since 2000. In 2014 he directed the camera for the feature film Weisse Ritter , which premiered on October 22, 2015 at the 49th Hof Film Festival, was released on October 13, 2016 (distributor: OLYMP Film / cineleusis) and on October 22, 2018 DVD appeared (provider: strzeleckiBooks).
Schmidt lives and works in his hometown of Cologne.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Westend, short film
- 1996: Prime Time
- 1998: Credit Card
- 1998: What to do
- 1999: Tango is right here
- 2001: Westend
- 2003: Volga
- 2003: V - Five, short film
- 2007: two goldfish
- 2007: Woodruff
- 2010: Surf rider
- 2010: Queues
- 2012: Cloud Homes
- 2014: competitor
- 2015: White Knights
- 2016: The change
- 2018: Rudi Assauer. Doer. Human. Legend. (Second unit camera)
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1994 "Humanity in the Hospital", University Clinic Cologne
- 1996 "meet the professionals, Photokina Cologne
- 2001 "ART party - Form_up", Art Cologne
- 2001 "Meat Supply - Form_up", Alexa Jansen Gallery Cologne
- 2002 "Abformung - Form_up", Internationale Photozene Cologne, Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2002 "Körperbodies - Form_up", Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2003 "Passion and Desire - Form_up", Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2004 "V - the greatest vampire movie never made ...", Sander Cologne
- 2005 "Highlights 2 - Form_up", Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2006 "Märchenstunde", Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2006 "Pictures of Research", Focus / VFA Cologne
- 2007 "We are Stüsser", Brauhaus Stüsser Cologne
- 2008 "V - the greatest vampire movie never made ...", International Photo Scene Cologne, Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2010 "Form_up vs. diekunstbar", diekunstbar Cologne
- 2012 "End.spannung", Building 36 Cologne
- 2013 "End.spannung", diekunstbar Cologne
- 2014 "Cube City", Galerie Skala Cologne
- 2016 "End.spann", AHK - Hürth
- 2016 "Dreiklang", AHK - Hürth
- 2018 "Exuvia", 30th Rhein-Erft Art Days
Nominations and Awards
- 2004 Nom + ination for "V-Five" - "GERMAN CAMERA PRIZE"
- 2005 FOCUS - PICTURES OF SCIENCE
- 2011 PR - PICTURE OF THE YEAR (winner in the "Product" category)
Web links
- KaPe Schmidt at filmportal.de
- KaPe Schmidt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage
- Information about the Westend films and Schmidt's camera work
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.diekunstbar.de/media.php ; http://www.photography-now.com/artist/kape-schmidt ; http://www.artfacts.net/de/kuenstler/kape-schmidt-19693/profil.html
- ↑ Westend edition-filmmuseum.com. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.iffr.com/en/search/?q=westend
- ↑ KaPe Schmidt: Basics of film material exposure: The guide for a perfect film material and digital exposure. Mediabook International, Stein-Bockenheim 2004, ISBN 978-3-937708-01-0 .
- ↑ https://de.crimex.com/netztagebuch/2011/11/pr-fotos-des-jahres-2011/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM3cwKl8l4g
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, KaPe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Klaus Peter (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th August 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |