Ralf founder
Ralf founder (born October 15, 1955 in Bederkesa ) is a German development worker , photographer , multimedia producer, cameraman , filmmaker and book author .
Life
After completing an apprenticeship as a radio and television technician, founder graduated from the technical college for electrical engineering. He then studied from 1979 to 1982 in the printing department at the Berlin University of the Arts in West Berlin and then eight semesters of geology - paleontology at the Free University of Berlin . After graduating , he moved to Johannesburg in 1990 to do research as a doctoral candidate in the Limpopo Belt at the Randse Afrikaans Universiteit .
At the end of 1990 he showed his photos of the Berlin Wall in a large solo exhibition in the Market Gallery in Johannesburg and began working as a press photographer for Johannesburg's The Star . With photos of the South African flugelhorn player Hugh Masekela he succeeded in the first photo publication with attribution.
In 1995 he returned to Berlin and was given the opportunity to learn the craft of a cameraman for electronic reporting as part of an internship at the private broadcaster Puls TV . During this time he began producing the multimedia CD-ROM Berliner Mauermalerei , which was published in 1999. In cooperation with the Werkstatt der Kulturen he showed his photo exhibition Namibia turns 14 in 2004 .
While working as a cameraman for webfree.tv, he met Chandra Fleig , with whom he founded the Free Documentary Team and made the documentary prisoner 382 . After showing in the former Stasi special prison in Bautzen II of the Bautzen prison and the Moritzplatz Magdeburg memorial , the film was sold to the BBC-London British Broadcasting Corporation in 2011 .
In autumn 2004, at the invitation of the German Embassy in Windhoek , Namibia, he showed his photo exhibition "Berlin Wall Art" in the Katutura Community Center (KACA). In 2007 he published his non-fiction book Verboten: Berliner Mauerkunst .
At the same time, he worked as a content producer and editor in charge of the Berliner-Mauer.tv website, on which he publishes documents, articles, photos, videos and interviews with contemporary witnesses. In 2013 he supported the Berlin cameraman, museum founder and art dealer Herbert Ernst in researching his book Herbert Ernst - A Life in Berlin . At the beginning of 2014 he began working on a photo book about the documentary and artistic 16 and 35 mm film work by Herbert Ernst from 1961 to the end of 1962.
Publications
Books
- Prohibited: Berlin Wall Art - A documentation by Ralf founder . Böhlau Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-16106-4 .
- Nobody has the intention ... Screenshot photography from the camera work by Herbert Ernst, shot in 1961 and 1962 in divided Berlin - a documentation by Ralf founder . Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8305-3673-4 .
CDs, DVDs
- Berlin Wall Painting, A documentary walk along the Berlin Wall before and during the fall of the Wall. CD-ROM, Gründerzeit-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-9806893-0-1 .
- Prisoner 382. On the fate of a Persian agent in the GDR. DVD, 2003, ISBN 3-9806893-2-8 .
Web links
- Journalistic contribution by Ralf founder on the subject of the Berlin Wall
- Photographic documentation by Ralf Gründer about art on the Berlin Wall, East and West Side Gallery, art in the former death strip and street art
- Web portal by Ralf founder and Chandra Fleig for the documentary film "Prisoner 382 - The fate of a Persian agent in the GDR"
- Ralf founder at focusart.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Founder, Ralf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gruender, Ralf Gerhard (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German development worker, photographer, multimedia producer, cameraman, filmmaker and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bederkesa |