Siegfried Mayska

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Siegfried Mayska (born October 1, 1946 in Stralsund ) is a German photo artist, advertising specialist, advertising photographer and photo designer working in Mönchengladbach.

Career

After completing his education and training in printing and publishing as well as in the production stages of the graphic industry, Mayska was Germany's first scanner operator in 1966. At that time, color separations of slides were created on the scanner in the four basic colors CMYK for use as a print template, basically like a modern scanner, only 3 m wide. From 1969 he held a leading position in a media agency. Since 1971 he has been running an advertising agency for photography, advertising and audiovisual media. Since 1987 he has also taken over the music marketing and is registered with the GVL as a music producer (label Foxi Records LC 7814). From his auditions for music projects and their marketing, he put together music groups in the pop area and took individual performers under contract.

Photo productions

As a photo artist, he has experience in planning, designing and realizing photo productions worldwide (Europe, USA, China, Thailand). He is a specialist in aerial photography. In addition to photo productions at home and abroad, he also takes photos. a. also live portraits of important personalities from politics and business as well as artists of different genres, etc. a. Chancellor Angela Merkel , Thomas de Maizière , Guido Westerwelle †, Enzo Ferrari †, Jackie Stewart , Keke Rosberg , Henry Maske , Lukas Podolski , Hermann Bühlbecker ( Lambertz, Aachen ), Heinz Mack , La Toya Jackson , Iris Berben , Eva Padberg , Udo Lindenberg .

XXL wall pictures of his photos on the basis of digital image processing hang in companies, e.g. B. Headquarters of the Niederrhein Tennis Association in Essen.

As the only photo artist, he has succeeded in depicting the Cologne panorama from the crane houses to the zoo bridge in its entirety over a width of 9 m.

In 1984 there was a conceptual collaboration and its photographic implementation in the artistic field with James Lee Byars and the art collectors Rolf and Erika Hoffmann.

Artist manager

With experience in model and artist management as well as in planning and realizing events, he designed a. a. the first living Barbie for Mattel , who toured nationwide for the group. Musicians and models are also under contract.

music producer

Mayska produced and managed various music acts with various publications , e.g. B. the girl group Sweet Lies , which had over 30 TV appearances and received an invitation from the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China to tour across China. The performances took place in front of 3,000–12,000 spectators in numerous cities, e. B. on the Expo site in Kunming, where the invitation of the governor took place after the performance, or in the Poly-Theater in Beijing. In cooperation with RTL and Lufthansa, he produced the music clip for the cover version of “One Night in Bangkok” in Thailand.

The group he oversees, Missing Link , was recognized by RTL as the best young talent group and had success on television and in hit lists. He also promoted several other musical talents, including Wayne: Album "Out of the Darkness", the girl group No Respect Maxi "Don't talk", Mr. Frentzen, Miami Voice "I close my eyes" by UNIVERSAL and Chicha "Diamonds are the girl's best friend "

Awards

Award of the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China on the occasion of the international festival “Meet in Bejing 2001” as producer of the successful performance tour of the German girl group “Sweet Lies”.

Works

  • Stralsund Panorama - Installation 5 m wide on the promenade Seebad Altefähr / Rügen opposite the Hanseatic city of Stralsund 2018
  • Mönchengladbach - Your Contrasts, impress media, Mönchengladbach 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817696-1-6 )
  • Photo book Mönchengladbach (complete) - Bühn Verlag Munich 1983
  • Ferrari fascination on wheels - Enzo Ferrari 1987
  • Catalog photos for the artist Prof. Heinz Mack
  • Jürgen Essers: The Collection, ISBN, here: Development and realization of exhibition catalogs
  • Photo book Global Citizen ART Project - Xenia Marita Riebe

Video productions 1984

in German, French and Chinese, which were officially used and distributed as a video film through the city of Mönchengladbach, can still be seen on YouTube and Vimeo.
Image film - Mönchengladbach, Image film - Mönchengladbach Airport, Image film - Leisure time in Mönchengladbach

Exhibitions

On the subject of the “Way of the Cross of the Lord”, his special implementation of the theme in churches of different denominations was presented as part of the exhibitions with a discussion of the work as part of the sermon.

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