Roger Rössing

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Roger Rössing (1950)
Roger Rössing at work (1951)
Leipzig during the autumn fair 1951
Gravesite of Renate and Roger Rössing in the south cemetery in Leipzig

Roger Rössing (born March 1, 1929 in Leipzig ; † April 7, 2006 there ) was a German photographer , author and publicist. He was one of the most famous photographers in East Germany .

Life

Rössing studied photography from 1948 to 1951 with Johannes Widmann at the Leipzig School of Graphics and Book Art . He and his wife Renate Rössing belonged to the Leipzig group “action fotografie” in the 1950s. Both published about 90 books.

Rössing has also been active as a publicist and author, and not only in photographic literature. In the couple's last book, which was published in April 2006, both recorded their observations in their hometown of Leipzig over five decades. The Rössing Foundation, which supports authors and photographers, is named after the couple.

The photographic estate of Roger and Renate Rössing was given to the Deutsche Fotothek in the SLUB Dresden and is documented there. This was made possible by a project by the Federal Cultural Foundation.

Works (selection)

  • Photography with the Praktica . Leipzig, various editions of this standard work
  • People in the city. 2006
  • Leipzig in color. FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig
  • Architectural photography. Fotokinoverlag, Leipzig 1987 (4th edition)
  • Enlarge. Fotokinoverlag, Leipzig 1990 (11th edition)
  • Legacy and a new beginning. Ed. Wolfgang Kil, Fotokinoverlag, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7311-0066-5

together with Renate Rössing:

  • Leipzig in color. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1984
  • Park views. Pictures from historical parks between Eisenach and Cottbus. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1991
  • Leipzig in the fifties. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 2003
  • Rössing's hodgepodge. Texts in memory of Renate Rössing (1929-2005). Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2005
  • People in the city. Photographs 1946 - 1989. Lehmstedt, Leipzig 2006

literature

  • Sigrid Gaulrapp: Bridge to the feeling of the reader. Rössing's farewell is to the "people in the city" or: The "camera twins of Leipzig" show the age of modesty , in: Kunststoff, Issue 3, September / November 2006, pp. 72–73.

Web links

Commons : Roger Rössing  - Collection of Images
personal data
SURNAME Rössing, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2006
Place of death Leipzig