Othmar Danesch

Othmar Danesch (born October 31, 1919 - † May 5, 2014 ) was an Austrian nature photographer . Its botanical author's abbreviation is " O.Danesch ".

Life

Danesch was originally an architect, became a dedicated photographer and is known for botanical research in the field of evolution . He spent many years in South America with his wife Edeltraud . On their travels, the couple collected impressions and pictures of the fauna and flora there. It did research on orchids and butterflies .

From the end of the 1950s the couple published specialist orchid literature; Edeltraud Danesch wrote the texts and Othmar Danesch created the photographs.

He lived in Göfis , Vorarlberg , where he is also buried.

Works (selection)

with Edeltraud Danesch: Animals under the tropical sun: Animal life in Brazil. Bruckmann, Munich 1959.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Orchids in Europe: Central Europe. Hallwag, Bern 1962.

with Wolfgang Dierl: Butterflies. 2 volumes. Belser, Stuttgart 1965/1968.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Contributions to nature photography. Life in the picture, Aalen 1965.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Local butterflies. Silva, Zurich 1968.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Alpine flowers. Silva, Zurich 1969.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Orchids of Europe: Ophrys hybrids. Hallwag, Bern 1972.

with Edeltraud Danesch: nature close by. Hallwag, Bern 1973.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Orchids. Hallwag, Bern 1975.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Tyrolean orchids. Athesia, Bozen 1977.

with Herbert Reisigl, Edeltraud Danesch: Mediterranean flora . Hallwag, Bern 1977.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Austria's natural wonder. 2 volumes. Ringier, Zurich 1978 (main volume and hiking guide).

with Mario Broggi, Georg Malin, Benno Beck: Principality of Liechtenstein. Silva, Zurich 1978.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Nature through the magnifying glass. Silva, Zurich 1981.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Fascinating world of alpine flowers. Ringier, Zurich 1981.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Danesch's orchid compass. Identify the wild orchids of Central Europe with certainty. Gräfe and Unzer, Munich undated (1983).

with Edeltraud Danesch: Colorful butterfly. AT, Aarau 1983.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Enchanting orchid. AT, Aarau 1983.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Original beetle people. AT, Aarau 1984.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Frog stories. AT, Aarau 1984.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Enzian and Edelweiss. AT, Aarau 1984.

with Edeltraud Danesch: The orchids of Switzerland. Silva, Zurich 1984.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Alpine flowers. A Silva paperback to identify our most common alpine flowers. Silva, Zurich 1984.

with Edeltraud Danesch: floral miracles in the rock. AT, Aarau 1985.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Butterflies. A Silva paperback for identifying common and conspicuous moths, caterpillars and pupae. Silva, Zurich 1986.

with Edeltraud Danesch: And I thought about our forest. Thalberg, Vaduz 1989.

with Edeltraud Danesch: I need you. Oesch, Zurich 1993.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Joy is a magic word. Oesch, Zurich 1993.

with Edeltraud Danesch: What does an apple blossom cost? Oesch, Zurich 1994.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Trust instead of fear. Oesch, Zurich 1994.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Oases of Peace. Oesch, Zurich 1994.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Hope is not an illusion. Oesch, Zurich 1994.

with Edeltraud Danesch: Flowers and Mountains. The wonderful world of the alpine flora. Silva, Zurich 1995.

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Othmar Danesch at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Dedicated to the memory of Edeltraud and Othmar Danesch , photography by Thomas Fankhauser, fotocommunity.de , accessed on May 29, 2014.

↑ Beate Forsbach: Edeltraud and Othmar Danesch , private appreciation, accessed on May 29, 2014.

↑ ^a ^b Roland Wüest: Orchid botany from classical antiquity to the present , Part 1 of a Matura thesis, March 2, 2009, accessed on May 29, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Danesch, Othmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian nature photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1919
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 2014

[grab-1] Dedicated to the memory of Edeltraud and Othmar Danesch , photography by Thomas Fankhauser, fotocommunity.de , accessed on May 29, 2014.

[2] Beate Forsbach: Edeltraud and Othmar Danesch , private appreciation, accessed on May 29, 2014.