Siegfried Lauterwasser

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Siegfried Lauterwasser (born April 16, 1913 in Überlingen ; † September 7, 2000 there ) was a German photographer . He was one of the most important representatives of subjective photography and a member of the fotoform group, which was influential in the post-war period . He continued the photography tradition of his father Alexander Lauterwasser (1878-1933) and his grandfather Alexander Lauterwasser (1846-1923).

Life path

After an apprenticeship in photography in Überlingen with his father Alexander Lauterwasser (1928/1929), he attended the higher vocational school for graphics and design in Frankfurt am Main from 1929 to 1931 . In 1933 he took over his father's photo studio, and in 1937 he passed his master craftsman examination. During the Second World War Lauterwasser was a photo reporter for a propaganda company . The focus seems to have been photos taken by the Air Force and on the Eastern Front, much of it in color . He became a member of fotoform in 1949. In 1987 he received his gold master's certificate. He published his pictures in magazines, books and as postcards. Typical of his photography style is the subjective-artistic combination of movement, harmony and light. He died on September 7, 2000 in Überlingen.

Subjects

Landscape and animals

After the war, Lauterwasser turned to landscape, art and cultural photography of the Lake Constance area. Special images are the photographs of the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival , sailing on Lake Constance, the Überlingen sword dancers and the water birds. The illustrated books about Lake Constance and its moods were created until the 1950s. He also took landscape photos of the Black Forest , Italy , France , Svalbard and Africa . Special shots are polar bears near Spitsbergen and leopard Africa .

Bayreuth Festival

In 1934 Wieland Wagner met Lauterwasser in the photo business. From 1952 to 1987 Lauterwasser shot the productions of the Bayreuth Festival as a stage photographer . A special photo is Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in Bayreuth.

Herbert von Karajan

Karajan's attention was drawn to Lauterwasser in Bayreuth , and from 1962 Lauterwasser became Herbert von Karajan's preferred photographer . From 1967 to 1988 Lauterwasser was a photographer for the Salzburg Easter Festival .

Classical music artist

His photos of conductors, soloists and singers of classical music in the second half of the 20th century were also used for records, CD covers and illustrated books. He took photos of Pierre Boulez , Karl Böhm , David Oistrach , Anne-Sophie Mutter , Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch , Arthur Rubinstein and Leonard Bernstein, among others . Recording locations included the Royal Opera (Versailles) , the Birnau pilgrimage church , the Salzburg Festival Hall , the Vienna Singing Association , and the Berlin Philharmonic .

The century picture

When Seegfrörne he made on Shrove Sunday, February 24, 1963, after the carnival procession, a group of Hänsele with their colorful flaky full body mask while dancing around ( bodenseealemannisch : Hänselejuck ) at the Ueberlingen sea off the unique environment of the former imperial city of Überlingen from. Every day during the entire Seegfrörne he captured moods and events in the picture and thus created a fund of artistic photographs of Seegfrörne 1963.

Appreciation

The 1999 Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography went to the still living members of the fotoform group and thus to Siegfried Lauterwasser. Parts of his estate are in the Berlin picture archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage and in the George Eastman House . Pictures from Lauterwasser are auctioned at auctions.

Exhibitions

  • July 12, 2013 - October 6, 2013: Städtische Galerie Überlingen in Faulen Pelz: 100 years of Siegfried Lauterwasser. The photographic life's work.
  • August 4, 2013 - November 3, 2013: Museum Haus Löwenberg, Gengenbach: EYES - LOOKS. Black Forest - Wine - Music - Photo form. The life's work of the Überlingen photographer Siegfried Lauterwasser (1913–2000).
  • February 17, 2014 - March 14, 2014: SWR-Studio Freiburg: “Eye-Views” Black Forest photos by Siegfried Lauterwasser .

Publications (selection)

  • Überlingen in photographs. Friedrichshafen 1938.
  • The town hall in Überlingen. An illustrated book. Überlingen 1947.
  • Madonnas on Lake Constance. An illustrated book. Überlingen 1947.
  • The holy grave in Constance. An illustrated book. Überlingen 1948.
  • with Toni Schneiders and Victor Mezger: Narro and Hänsele. Swabian-Alemannic folk carnival. Lindau 1956.
  • Sailing on Lake Constance. Bielefeld 2000.

literature

  • Alexander Lauterwasser: Pictures of the traces that light leaves in the world. In: Lahrer Hinkender Bote 2013, pp. 134–140.
  • Alexander Lauterwasser: Eye-Glances. The life's work of the Überlingen photographer. On the 100th birthday of Siegfried Lauterwasser April 14 , 1913– September 7 , 2000 , Überlingen: Photo Lauterwasser 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stef Manzini: When the lake froze over and the port of Überlingen looked very different. In: Südkurier , December 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Source: Exhibition from July 12, 2013 - October 6, 2013: Städtische Galerie Überlingen in Faulen Pelz: 100 years of Siegfried Lauterwasser. The photographic life's work.
  3. ↑ Martin Baur: Memories of a genius at the viewfinder. In: Südkurier of July 10, 2013, p. 21.
  4. ^ Picture of Karajan by Siegfried Lauterwasser
  5. ↑ Alexander Lauterwasser: Pictures of the traces that light leaves in the world. In: Lahrer Hinkender Bote 2013, pp. 134–140
  6. ↑ Source: Exhibition from July 12, 2013 - October 6, 2013: Städtische Galerie Überlingen in Faulen Pelz: 100 years of Siegfried Lauterwasser. The photographic life's work.
  7. ↑ Hänselezunft Überlingen
  8. ↑ Martin Bauer: How the picture of the century came about. In: Südkurier of February 23, 2013
  9. ^ Photographs from Lauterwasser at auctions

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personal data
SURNAME Lauterwasser, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Überlingen
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2000
Place of death Überlingen