Michael Wolgensinger

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Michael Wolgensinger (born September 17, 1913 in Zurich ; † January 9, 1990 there ; entitled to live in Zurich and Mosnang ) was a Swiss photographer and reporter.

life and work

Wolgensinger grew up in Zurich. After graduating from business school in Neuchâtel , he trained as a photographer at Atelier Meiner in Zurich. Then he was an intern in the newly founded photography class at the Zurich School of Applied Arts. His teacher is Hans Finsler . Here he met Werner Bischof and his future wife Luzzi Herzog.

In 1935 he founded his own studio in Zurich and worked, among other things, for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung at the Paris World Exhibition and for the 1939 Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich. Between 1942 and 1944 Robert Frank trained in Wolgensinger's studio. In the fifties he made various films and worked on his own book projects on the subjects of Spain, Italy, India, Thailand, Nepal, theater photography, architecture and industrial photography. For his travel books he worked with Michael Rudolf Wening. In 1965 he received the Zurich Film Prize for the film Schleifen . He made other films, including about Gottfried Keller .

In December 2019 a monograph will be published by the Zurich publishing house Scheidegger & Spiess . The monograph, edited by their daughter Lea Wolgensinger and her grandson Balz Strasser, presents Michael and Luzzi Wolgensinger's collaboration for the first time comprehensively and with many previously unpublished images. In addition to an introduction by Guido Magnaguagno, the art historian Katharina Lang presents the work in thematic chapters. Lea Wolgensinger gives an insight into atelier and family life.

Movies

  • Gottfried Keller - His Life and Work, 1940. Documentary film, black and white, magnetic sound, 16 mm, 33 min.
  • Plan Wahlen - Grow more or starve, 1940. Silent film, black and white, 16 mm, 17 min.
  • Circus Knie, 1940. Silent film, black and white, 16 mm, 7 min.
  • Worthwhile fight. Documentation about pest control, 1942. Silent film, black and white, 16 mm, 24 min.
  • PKZ animation, 1950. Commissioned by MUBA. Silent film, black and white, 16 mm, 6 min.
  • Roland Bretzel; Roland toast. TV commercials for Roland Murten AG, black and white, sound, 35 mm, 1 min each.
  • Metamorphose, 1953. Experimental film (setting by Bernd Alois Zimmermann ), black and white, light tone, 16 mm, 22 min.
  • Playing with colors, 1960. Silent film, color, 16 mm, 34 min.
  • Schneckenburger, around 1962 (for his 60th birthday). Silent film, black and white and color, 16 mm, 8 min.
  • L'après-midi d'un môme, 1963. Experimental film, color, light tone, 16 mm, 11 min.
  • Loops - Lisciare - Poncer - Finishing, 1964. Advertising film for SIA AG Frauenfeld, color, light tone, 35 mm, 13 min.
  • Jai Nepal, 1964. Documentary for Helvetas, black and white, optical tone, 16 mm, 43 min.
  • Papermaker Nepal, 1964. Silent film, color, 16 mm, approx. 8 min.
  • Sandorama, 1968. Advertising film for Sandoz AG. Color, light tone, 35 mm, 34 min.
  • Electroplating with precious metals, 1971. Documentary, color, magnetic sound, 16 mm, 8 min.
  • Demons, 1971. Experimental film, color, sound, 16 mm. (not completed)
  • Günter Eich , 1972. Documentary, color, magnetic sound, 16 mm, 24 min.
  • Banks for ZÜSPA, 1973. Commercial, black and white, 16 mm, 7 min.

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personal data
SURNAME Wolgensinger, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolgensinger, Emil (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer and reporter
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1990
Place of death Zurich