Michael Ebert (photographer)

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Michael Ebert (born September 2, 1959 in Wuppertal ) is a German photographer and university lecturer. He is also active as a curator and author.

Live and act

After an internship at a sports photo agency, he worked as a photo journalist for daily newspapers and magazines. From 1982 to 1987 Michael Ebert was a member of the specialist committee for photo journalists at the German Association of Journalists (DJV). From 1991 he moved to the central communications department at Telekom , where he was responsible for photography. In 1996 he left Telekom to work again as a freelance photographer and publicist, mainly for companies and magazines. Customers included Deutsche Telekom, Panasonic Japan and Miele. His free work can be found on book titles, CD covers and in newspapers such as FAZ, Neue Züricher and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He also advised companies on cultural and technical issues relating to photography. In 1994 Michael Ebert was appointed to the German Society for Photography (DGPh) and has been affiliated with the Hamburg picture agency Visum since 1997 . In the 2000s, Michael Ebert, as an author and lecturer, increasingly dealt with cultural and historical aspects of photography, especially photojournalism. In this context, he has curated photo exhibitions with, among others, Will McBride , Pierre Gassmann , Letizia Battaglia and Pulitzer Prize winners Horst Faas and Nick Út . Ebert is a member of the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize and the “Rückblende”, the German competition for political press photography.

Michael Ebert is a member of the executive board of the DGPh and was elected to the board of the Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg photo festival in 2005 . From 2007 to 2009 Michael Ebert was a lecturer in photojournalism at the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences and in 2008 founded the first German photojournalism course together with the communication scientist Renatus Schenkel at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences . Since 2013 he has also been teaching photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Hanover . Michael Ebert is married to the art historian Sandra Abend.

Fonts

  • Ebert, M. (2001). Lorcas Black Spain. Leica World. Photography International.
  • Ebert, M. (2002). All pictures for everyone immediately. Leica World. Photography International, pp. 62-64.
  • Ebert, M., Gapp, CD, & Jostmeier, MP (2003). Digital image - formation of the digital. Nuremberg.
  • Ebert, M. (9 2004). The King of the Shadow Realm. Photonews.
  • Ebert, M. (7 2006). This is war (article about Horst Faas). Leica Photography International.
  • Ebert, M. (6 2009). Yankee Papa 13 Gefaked. Professional photo.
  • Ebert, M. (10 2009). Family meeting. Professional photo.
  • Ebert, M. (2010). I reported the war. frame # 3, yearbook of the DGPh.
  • Ebert, M., & Abend, SD (2010). Photo workshop for children. Heidelberg.
  • Ebert, M., & Abend, SD (2010). Photography for Kids !: A Fun Guide to Digital Photography. Santa Barbara.
  • Ebert, M. (11 2010). Visa Pour L'Image 2010. ProfiFoto.
  • Ebert, M. (8 2011). The A to Z of the newspaper photo. Journalist.
  • Ebert, M. (4 2012). Two giants (article on Horst Faas and Nick Ut). Leica Photography International.
  • Ebert, M. (7 2012). On the death of Horst Faas. Photonews.
  • Ebert, M. (9 2012). Not just "A French School". Professional photo.
  • Ebert, M. (11 2012). Perpignan Visa Pour L'Image 2012. ProfiFoto.
  • Ebert, M. (2014). It is tradition from three times (foreword). In 4th Lumix Festival catalog. Hanover.
  • Ebert, M. (2014). Photojournalism from 1945-1972. In H.-MK (Ed.), Open eyes !: 100 years of Leica. Heidelberg.
  • Ebert, M., & Abend, SD (9 2014). Pictures make pictures. Media Concret.
  • Ebert, M. (2015). Preface. In F. Wagenknecht, & D. Tölle, right to own picture. Heidelberg.
  • Ebert, M., & Bauernschmitt, L. (2015). Handbook of Photojournalism. Heidelberg.
  • Ebert, M. (2015). One for all time - Raising the flag. In SD Abend, & HP Körner (ed.), Vor-Bilder Ikonen der Kulturgeschichte. Munich.
  • Ebert, M. (9 2015). To absent friends! (Article on the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War). Professional photo.

Exhibitions

  • 1997: Pierre Gassmann, interpreter and photographer, Center for Photography, Berlin
  • 2004: Will McBride, Photokina, Cologne
  • 2005: Horst Faas, visible war, Frankfurt, Hanover, Königswinter, Nuremberg, Magdeburg,
  • 2007: Letizia Battaglia, 40 years against the Mafia, Ludwigshafen
  • 2008: "Pictures of the American Civil War" Photokina Cologne, Visual Gallery
  • 2012: "Nick Ut - Horst Faas" Photokina Cologne, Hall 1
  • 2014: "Anja Niedringhaus - Pictures from Afghanistan", Photokina Cologne, Hall 1

literature

  • Horst Faas. In: Photonews. 06/2005.
  • Interview with Michael Ebert on ARTE in Metropolis, September 24, 2006
  • Fascinating photographs. In: Rheinische Post. March 10, 2006.
  • Leica World - Photography International 2/2002, Images for everyone on the spot. Pp. 62-64.
  • A chameleon by profession. Interview with Michael Ebert. In: Rheinische Post. September 12, 2007.
  • Launched into business. In: Freelens Magazine. No. 25.
  • Yankee Papa 13 Gefaked. In: professional photo. 06/2009 (about Ebert's discovery a fake in Life magazine).
  • New courses: "Explaining the world with pictures". In: Rheinische Post. September 18, 2008.
  • Facing death. In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger. September 20, 2008.
  • Paths to Journalism. In: Journalist. 07/2009.
  • A question of perspective. In: Rheinische Post. April 20, 2009.
  • Moving and wonderfully thought out. In: NRZ. October 15, 2009.
  • Passion for photography. In: Rheinische Post. October 26, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Award of the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize 2004 to Will McBride ( Memento from February 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Website of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg ( Memento from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Press release of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences on the exhibition Visible War ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

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personal data
SURNAME Ebert, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal