Thomas Kläber

Thomas Kläber (born August 26, 1955 in Beyern ) is a German photographer who became known for his social documentary photography in the GDR and after the reunification of Germany.

Life

He made his first experience of photography at the age of 12 in his parents' village of Beyern in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg . The working and everyday world of the village and the familiar milieu of the parents' farm are topics that he knows from firsthand and whose peculiarities he has been tracking down again and again since then. From 1976 to 1981 he studied photography at the Leipzig School of Graphics and Book Art (HGB). He lives and works in the area around Cottbus .

Photo series

• "Country Life"
• "Village Disco"
• "Together"
• "Leaps in time"
• "Land layers"

Awards

• 3rd Polaroid International Photography Awards “Honorable Mention” (The Europe / Africa Region) (2002)
• Promotion Prize for Fine Arts of the State of Brandenburg, Cottbus (2001)
• International photo competition on the occasion of the Universiade, Kobe (Japan), jury main prize (1985)
• 1st FIAP Photo Forum, Helsinki (Finland), large special badge and FIAP silver medal (1980)

Exhibitions

Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Japan, Monaco, Poland,

literature

• Literature by and about Thomas Kläber in the catalog of the German National Library
• At the end of time ; dkw. Art Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, 2015; ISBN 978-3-942798-52-5
• Dance: Beyern 1978 - 1980 ; Ex-pose-Verlag, 2014; ISBN 978-3-925935-71-8
• Germany, Germany ...: photographs from two countries by Rudolf Holtappel and Thomas Kläber; Kerber photoart, 2011; ISBN 978-3-86678-496-3
• Weather Lights - Monograph ; Expose Verlag, 2007; ISBN 978-3-925935-54-1

Web links

• Sandra Dassler: Take it easy ; Tagesspiegel Online, January 2015
• Germany, Germany ; Ludwig Museum, 2011
• At the end of time ; rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, February 22, 2015
• Thomas Kläber's website with images
• Solveig Grothe: Photo series from the seventies: time travel to the village disco ; Spiegel Online one day, March 5, 2014