Klaus Paysan

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Klaus Paysan (born January 8, 1930 in Stuttgart ; † September 17, 2011 ) was a German photographer and book author.

Life

Paysan attended lectures in applied science, art and philosophy at the University of Stuttgart . He financed his studies with recordings at weddings, dance lessons, graduation balls and parties. In the process he acquired knowledge of photography and flash technology and in 1951 pictures of him and his brother Hans Paysan were exhibited at the photokina . From 1952 he worked as a photo teacher in the youth center in Stuttgart and wrote articles for various photo magazines. As a result, he published his pictures in school books and as slide series for school lessons. Together with his brother he used his chemical knowledge and dealt with film development. They established contacts with the photo industry and were involved in testing new films and developing methods. Together, Hans and Klaus Paysan published an illustrated book about Stuttgart in 1957 and a few years later he published his photography skills in the handbook of nature photography for everyone .

After marrying the illustrator and author Angela geb. Roth in 1960 he traveled to Africa for the first time . This was the starting point for over 100 trips to this continent, where he photographed animals, land and people. Orders from Volkswagen AG and later from Daimler AG secured the financing. In 1964/65 the Franckh Kosmos publishing house sponsored part of the travel expenses as a “Kosmos Africa Safari”. For the following publications in the magazine Kosmos he received the Wilhelm Boelsche Medal in silver in 1967.

In 1966 he received the order from Agfa for the Afrikadiarama at the photokina. He was still determined by animal photography, as were the guided tours of the photo safaris in the 1970s. But the purely scientific documentation lost its importance for him and as early as 1964/65 the interest in the life of the African people predominated. In 1968 Paysan's first ethnographic book was published. The publication of a total of four aquarium books and the work for eight years in the production management and picture editing of an aquarium magazine made it possible for him to pursue his studies of the life and cults of the people in Africa. In 1980 the book he illustrated was published in Africa on his own behalf . In the then Landesbildstelle Württemberg, Stuttgart, he exhibited the results of his ethnographic studies, photographs and collections with the aim of highlighting and rehabilitating the traditionally living people in Africa in their human qualities.

Exhibitions

  • 1966: Afrikadiarama at the Photokina (photo exhibition)
  • 1980: Africa on its own , Landesbildstelle Württemberg (photo exhibition)
  • 2000: Where did my friends go , Württemberg State Photo Center (photo exhibition)
  • 2003/4: Africa - animals, masks and magic , State Museum for Natural History Schloss Rosenstein, Stuttgart (exhibition of African art in combination with photos)
  • 2007: The ride into the world , Feuerbach district library (exhibition of African art in combination with photos)
  • 2009: Earth's climate zones in the district media center in Sigmaringen
  • 2009/10: Mask power and royal signs - pearl work from Cameroon , jewelry museum Pforzheim (exhibition of African art in combination with photos and videos)

Publications (selection)

  • Stuttgart . Hans Paysan; Klaus Paysan. [With e. Einl. By Ulrich Seeliger] H. Schwarz Verlag, Bayreuth 1957. Extent / Format: 23 Bl.: 42 Plate. ; kl. 8th
  • The world of the big city . Fred Aurich; Hans Paysan; Klaus Paysan, Thienemann Verlag Stuttgart 1959. Extent / Format: 408 p.: Ill. With text, 1 cover picture; 4th
  • Nature photography for everyone . Klaus Paysan Ed. [With 42 drawings. by Angela Paysan] u. 78 z. T. multicolored Photos [d. Ed.] Franckh Verlag, Stuttgart 1963. Extent / Format: 122 S.; size 8
  • Enjoy fishing . [Text u. Photos: Klaus Paysan. Vignettes: Angela Paysan], Deutsche Verlagsanst. Stuttgart 1967. Extent / format: 50 sheets: Fig. With text; across-8.
  • Animals in pond and pond . [Photos:] Klaus Paysan. [Vignettes: Angela Paysan], Deutsche Verlagsanst. Stuttgart 1968. TN 4006 Extent / Format: 50 sheets: Ill. With text; across-8. (Republished several times)
  • Birds in the field and garden . [Photos:] Klaus Paysan. [Vignettes: Angela Paysan], Deutsche Verlagsanst. Stuttgart 1968. TN 4005 Extent / Format: 50 sheets: Ill. With text; across-8. (Translated several times and reissued)
  • Defensive game in Africa . [Photos:] Klaus Paysan. [Vignettes: Angela Paysan], Deutsche Verlagsanst. Stuttgart 1968. TN 2154 Extent / Format: 50 sheets: Ill. With text; across-8
  • Tscholliré: an african. Kingdom . Klaus Paysan. With e. Appendix about the historical u. ethnological Connections by Klaus Schubert. [Photo: Klaus Paysan. Ktn. Sketches: Angela Paysan], Stocker Verlag, Graz; Stuttgart 1969. Extent / Format: 182 S.; size 8
  • Which ornamental fish is that? 500 kinds in color photos . Klaus Paysan, 500 kinds in color photos, / [With 666 recordings. by Klaus Paysan, 7 rec. by Heinz Feucht u. 901 drawing by Angela Paysan] Ed. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, W. Keller & Co. Stuttgart 1970. ISBN 3-440-03743-6 Extent : 243 p. (Many translations and new editions)
  • Big game in Africa . Klaus Paysan. [Text u. Photos: Klaus Paysan. Vignettes: Angela Paysan], Humboldt-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1971.
  • Ornamental fish, my hobby ; Klaus Paysan [text and Photos:] Klaus Paysan. [Vignettes: Angela Paysan.], Humboldt-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1971. Extent / format: 127 pages: with 50 illustrations; ; 18 cm.
  • Our favorite animals . [Text u. Color photos: Klaus Paysan. Drawing: Angela Paysan] Deutsche Verlagsanst. Stuttgart 1971. ISBN 3-421-02249-6 Extent / format: 50 sheets: with ill.; across-8
  • Animals in our home . by Klaus Paysan. [Color photos: Klaus Paysan. Drawing: Angela Paysan], Humboldt-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1972. ISBN 3-581-66198-5 Extent / Format: 126 S.: Numer. Ill. (Color); ; 18 cm
  • Aquarium fish . Erich Brom; Klaus Paysan [text by Erich Braum. Part of the picture by Klaus Paysan. Escort by Werner Ladiges] Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 1972 ISBN 3-7630-1827-1 Extent / Format: 232 S.: mainly illustrated (color); ; 20 cm
  • Our forest flowers and ferns, Vol. 2 . by Arthur Rühl. Color photos by Klaus Paysan, Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin, Stuttgart
  • Exemplary aquariums: biolog. correct ornamental fish keeping in 25 beautiful aquariums . Klaus Paysan. [All drawings: Angela Paysan], Tetra Werke, Mehle 1978. Extent / Format: 112 p.: Mainly illustrated (partly in color); 22 cm
  • Did I know what I was asking for? . Ursel Möhle; Klaus Paysan [Poetry: Ursel Möhle] [Photos: Klaus Paysan] [Design: Angela Paysan], Literarischer Verlag A. Braun, Cologne 1979. Extent: 80 pp.
  • Africa on its own behalf. Spoken under the baobab . Klicker, Jochen R., Claude Paysan and Muepu Muamba , Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1980. 120 pages .Gr. 4 °. ISBN 3-87294-161-5
  • The orchid flora of Evia (Greece) . by Siegfried Künkele u. Klaus Paysan. Edited by d. Landesanst. for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg, Inst. for Ecology a. Naturschutz Karlsruhe 1981. ISBN 3-88251-056-0 Extent / Format: 140 S.: Ill. (Color), Kt.; 24 cm
  • The black giants of Rwanda , in: The great book for young people, 26th episode. Stuttgart 1985. pp. 166-173 (report on mountain gorillas ).
  • Aquaristics for beginners . Paysan, Klaus; Lindner, Manfred: Ed. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998. ISBN 3-89440-357-8
  • African art in the wrong hands? Together with Angela Paysan. Contribution to the discussion about African art and its shift into art history, published in Afrikapost 3/2007 and 4/2007

Honors

  • 1967: Wilhelm Boelsche Medal in silver

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Luise Paysan: Animal pictures par excellence: the Paysan photo stock  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the State Media Center Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved July 27, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lmz-bw.de  
  2. ^ Special exhibition Africa Animals, Masks and Magic Message from September 8, 2003 on the website of the State Museum for Natural History Stuttgart. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ The ride to the outside - African art about horses in the library  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Message on www.feuerbach.de. Retrieved September 25, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alles-in-feuerbach.de  
  4. ↑ Mask power and royal signs - pearl work from Cameroon ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Exhibition description on the website of the jewelry museum Pforzheim. Retrieved September 25, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schmuckmuseum-pforzheim.de
  5. ↑ Angela Paysan, Klaus Paysan: African Art in the Wrong Hands? Website of the Herrmann Gallery. Retrieved July 27, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Paysan, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and book author
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 2011