Max Scheler (photographer)

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Max Georg Scheler (born December 28, 1928 in Cologne , † February 7, 2003 in Hamburg ) was a German photographer and photojournalist .

Life

Max Scheler was the son of the philosopher of the same name .

In 1941 he met the photographer Herbert List in Munich when he was on the run during the war. After graduating from high school in 1948, he studied art history and German in Munich. He also worked as a photographer. In 1951 Scheler assisted Herbert List on trips together through Italy, Spain and Greece.

During his short time in Paris between 1951 and 1952, Scheler met the photographer Robert Capa . The latter won him over to have his pictures offered by the newly founded photography agency Magnum Photos . The collaboration lasted until 1956. From 1953 to 1959 he lived in Rome and worked as a freelance photo journalist in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia for magazines such as Picture Post , Look , Life , Paris Match , Epoca and the Münchner Illustrierte . In 1957 he photographed Romy Schneider in Venice while filming Sissi - Fateful Years of an Empress and during her stay at the film festival.

In 1959 he moved to Hamburg, where he began his long-term work for Stern , whose appearance he shaped with Thomas Höpker , Robert Lebeck and Stefan Moses .

Scheler's main theme was people from different cultures. He photographed them in everyday life, at festivities, in times of crisis and war. Among other things, he portrayed politicians like Konrad Adenauer , Willy Brandt , Heinrich Lübke and entrepreneurs like Giovanni Agnelli .

Max Scheler - family grave in Cologne's south cemetery

In 1964 he documented Beatlemania together with Astrid Kirchherr and photographed the filming of A Hard Day's Night .

From 1975 he worked with Rolf Gillhausen and Rolf Winter on the creation of the magazine Geo . He was its deputy editor-in-chief until 1980. He then worked for Merian in the same function until 1992 .

In the last fifteen years of his life, Scheler organized international exhibitions and published books from the estate of his friend Herbert List.

Max Scheler is buried in the family grave in Cologne's southern cemetery (hall 18).

Publications

literature

  • Thomas Höpker & Robert Lebeck (eds.): Stern pictures. 1948-1988. 40 years of current affairs - 40 years of photojournalism. Gruner and Jahr, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-570-03716-9
  • Michael Koetzle (Ed.): Twen. Revision of a legend. Klinkhardt and Biermann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7814-0392-0
  • Peer-Olaf Richter with Christiane Gehner & Matthias Harder (eds.): Max Scheler. Photographs. From Konrad A. to Jackie O. Pictures from Germany, China and the USA. Schirmer Mosel, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8296-0435-2
  • Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours. Hermance, 1985.

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personal data
SURNAME Scheler, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheler, Max Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2003
Place of death Hamburg