Michael A. Russ
Michael Andreas Russ (* 1945 in Berlin ) is an American photographer , photo designer and director .
Career
Russ came to the United States in 1958 and lived in Denver , Colorado . During high school, he took ballet classes at the Lillian Cushing School of Ballet and took acting classes on the side . At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Army and was transferred to Germany. In 1965 he returned and took acting lessons at Renate Mannhardt's workshop in New York . At the same time, he began to take photos as an autodidact. Wilhelmina Cooper from Wilhelmina Models helped him get started in fashion photography.
Photographic work
Russ received his first orders for the magazines: Mens Wear , Esquire . ZOOM , True Magazine, and Playboy Press books. In 1971 he photographed a 23-page design showcase for GQ . In 1973 Russ became a cover artist for Art Direction Magazine . In 1976 he moved to Paris. There he created erotic rooms stories including in Playboy Germany , Vogue Hommes , IL , photojournalist , fashion avant-garde , Collections Magazine , Gunnar and Fashion International have been published.
In 1980 he went to Los Angeles, where he exhibited large-format photos for the first time in 1983 in the legendary China Club . These R prints are based on chemically tinted, hand-colored silver gelatine prints, which he calls TinTones . In the same year he photographed Tom Waits for the record cover Swordfishtrombones . Russ co-directed and choreographed the music video for the song In the Neighborhood . In 1986 Russ went back to Germany. TinTone portfolios, photo series and cover art have been published in Photo Technik International , Zoom , Playgirl , Das Magazin , Color Foto , Die Zeit Magazin , Basler Magazin and LA City Magazine , among others . In 1993 he was cover artist for W & Vs ART WORK . Turning to film, he produced the 30-second video Oceans for Camelot Filmproduktion . In 1995 he went back to Los Angeles and produced erotic TinTone sequences for > O <magazine and Larry Flynts (LFP) Rage magazine . In January 2005, Fine Art Foto Magazin published an eight-page portfolio by the artist Russ. Since 2008 he has been producing large-format TinTones using the AluDiBond-Silver-Industrial process.
Exhibitions
- 1980: The Compagnie postcard edition in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs ( Louvre Annex, Paris)
- 1983: China Club , Los Angeles, Prussian Blue . Large format R prints.
- 1998: LA Gallery , Los Angeles, group exhibition
- 1999: The Image House , Santa Fe NM Iris Giclee Prints .
- 2000: Fullers Lodge , Los Alamos NM Iris Giclee Prints . Group exhibition.
- 2000: The Paramount , TinTones . Santa Fe NM
- 2003: Soho Gallery , Los Angeles, Iris Giclee Prints and Gelatin Silver TinTones . Group exhibition.
- 2006: FineArts Con.Tra Salongalerie (Berlin) TinTones large format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
- 2007: Galerie Nadania Idriss (Berlin) TinTones large format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
- 2008: Art Center Berlin TinTones Large Format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
- 2009: Galerie Lucas Carrieri (Berlin) TinTones Large Format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
- 2011: Art Place Berlin TinTones Large Format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
- 2012: Art Place Seoul (South Korea) TinTones Rough Print Large format Lambda prints.
- 2013: The Browse Gallery (Berlin-Kreuzberg) 40 years retrospective .
- 2013: Station Berlin Fotofestival 2013 The Browse TinTones Large format AluDiBonds / Silver / Industrial.
Publications
- Michael Russ ou la beaute du Grain Vogue Hommes F 1980
- The staging of deja-vu W&V Art Work 5/93
- Csárdás dream photo gallery in: Das Magazin , 12/1993, pp. 12-17
- The photographic arts of Michael A. Russ. In: Playboy . No. 4, April 2003
Web links
- Tom Waits - In the neighborhood MV 1984. [1]
- Website of the artist
- Erno Horváth: Experimental erotic productions , in: Die Welt from June 22, 2007
- Art Place Seoul website. Large scale lambda prints.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Russ, Michael A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russ, Michael Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer, photo designer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |