Paul G. Deker
Paul Gerhard Deker (* 1943 in Stuttgart ; † April 13, 2011 in Sweden ) was a German jazz photographer.
Deker grew up in Stuttgart and began taking photos with his father's boxing camera when he was ten. After completing technical training and a traineeship in a film production company, he completed the Adolf Lazi Photo School in Stuttgart. He also began taking photos at jazz and blues concerts and in music clubs. Around 1964, Deker's first jazz photo appeared in the Stuttgarter Zeitung , the Wolfgang Dauner Trio with Eberhard Weber and Fred Braceful . This was followed by collaboration with the magazine Jazz Podium ; further photos by Dekers have appeared in newspapers, books, calendars and on record covers by Karl Berger ( From Now On , 1967) and Albert Mangelsdorff / Masahiko Sato ( Spontaneous , 1971).
He had his first photo exhibition in 1967 at the Montreux Jazz Festival . In 1969 he moved to Sweden and worked in Stockholm as a permanent contributor to the Swedish trade journal Orkester Journalen . His photographs appeared on the LP covers a. a. by Don Cherry , Okay Temiz , Herbert Joos , Conny Bauer / Gianluigi Trovesi ( Secret Points 1979), Alphonse Mouzon , Peter Brötzmann ( Machine Gun ), Joe Henderson ( Mirrormirror ), Mats Gustafsson and Ken Vandermark . He also taught at the Stockholm Photo School from 1972–74. Parallel to his journalistic activity he had a number of exhibitions; In 2004 a large retrospective exhibition took place in Stuttgart. In 2008 the Kaponjären gallery in Vaxholm showed a selection of his photographs under the title Musikscenens Ikoner in the historic Rindö Redutt .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deker, Paul G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deker, Paul Gerhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2011 |
| Place of death | Sweden |