Reinhard Friedrich (photographer)

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Reinhard Friedrich (born December 3, 1928 in Hohenmölsen ; † October 26, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German photographer . He specialized in architectural photography.

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Reinhard Friedrich: Studentendorf Schlachtensee, 1963

Reinhard Friedrich studied art history and journalism at the Free University of Berlin . He discovered photography for himself and made it his source of income by producing color slides of baroque churches and selling them to art history institutes in the USA. Architectural photography remained his largest field of work throughout his life. In the 1950s he was employed in the external office of the Free University of Berlin, which initially shifted his focus to photographing university buildings in Germany.

Through his preference for architectural motifs, he came into contact with the well-known architect and city ​​planner Hans Scharoun at the end of the 1950s . From then on Friedrich took photographs of his work - housing estates in Charlottenburg-Nord , Bremen, Wolfsburg and elsewhere. He followed Scharoun in Berlin to the construction site of the Philharmonie on Kemperplatz and began to photograph the progress of the work up to the opening. Friedrich's interest now went beyond the history of the building itself. He accompanied the orchestra with his camera for over 40 years and captured everyday life at the Philharmonic with all the changing conductors . An illustrated book published in 1999 with extensive photographic material from the previous decades illustrates Friedrich's ability to be omnipresent during a concert at the same time, thereby capturing different perspectives and emotions, and acting discreetly so that vain self-portrayals of the actors are not given an opportunity. The music critic Hans-Jörg von Jena wrote about the illustrated book on welt.de : “Sounds cannot be preserved optically. Reinhard Friedrich, however, manages the trick of having them reflected in faces. The corresponding piece of music is assigned to each picture. ”The consistent use of black and white photos testifies to“ Prussian nobility ”. Musician images of his authorship can also be found on numerous record sleeves and CD booklets .

Other documents of historically inestimable value, namely photographs of Berlin buildings and construction projects as well as architectural competitions, were created as works on behalf of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Senate Building Administrations, Berlin.

Illustrated books and catalogs

  • Wolfgang Kruse (Red.): Berlin. Pictures of a big city. Pictures of a Big City. Impressions d'une grande ville. Imagens de una gran ciudad. Michael Schmidt , Anno Wilms , Reinhard Friedrich, Annemarie Weber (photos). Press and Information Office, Berlin 1977.
  • Robert Simon , Heide Spieh: kö 24. Steel sculpture from Berlin in the urban area of ​​Hanover. Catalog for the exhibition of the gallery kö24 on the Königsworther Platz until June 15, 1987 (= kö24 ; No. 7). With photos by Karin Blüher , Reinhard Friedrich, Ulrike Köcher, Nicolaus Mackenzie, Peter Fischer-Piel, Hassan Mahramzadeh and the artist archives . Self-published, Hanover 1987.
  • Reinhard Friedrich: The Berlin Philharmonic. Philharmonic, conductors, soloists. Introduction: Joachim Matzner . G + H Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-931768-36-8 .
  • Max von Bismarck, Renaud Vercouter: Europe Under Construction: Berlin 1945–2015. Chaussee 36, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817566-0-9 .

Group exhibitions

  • 2015/16: Europe Under Construction: Berlin 1945–2015. Björn Albert, Justina Kilinski, Mona Mathé (curators). Gallery 36, Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eva-Maria Barkhofen (Ed.): Architecture in the archive. The collection of the Academy of Arts . DOM Publishers, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86922-492-3 , Reinhard Friedrich, p. 128-132 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Reinhard Friedrich (1928–2010). The Philharmonic Photographer . In: 128. The magazine of the Berlin Philharmonic . No. 1/2015 , March 2015, p. 68-77 .
  3. ↑ Elmar Weingarten : Foreword . In: The Berlin Philharmonic. Philharmonic, conductors, soloists . Photography: Reinhard Friedrich, introduction: Joachim Matzner. G + H Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-931768-36-8 , pp. 5 .
  4. ↑ Hans-Jörg von Jena: Faces of the sound. Reinhard Friedrich has photographed the philharmonic orchestra, conductors and soloists. In: welt.de. December 4, 1999, accessed April 9, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenmölsen
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2014
Place of death Berlin