Urs Tillmanns

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Urs Tillmanns (2012)

Urs Tillmanns (born October 13, 1945 ) is a Swiss photographer and specialist journalist for photography, photo historian and journalist.

Life

After completing his apprenticeship as a photographer with Hans Hinz in Basel , Urs Tillmanns worked for 14 years in the fields of advertising, scientific and industrial photography , including the forensic technology of the Basel public prosecutor , the watch factory Longines AG and the research and development institute of Alusuisse AG . In 1976 he joined the magazine “Photographie”, whose technical section he was editor-in-chief for 13 years . Tillmanns wrote over 1200 specialist articles, essays on theoretical and practical areas of photography and published specialist books on photo-didactic, technical and photography-historical topics. He has been a freelance specialist journalist since 1991. In addition to his work as an editor and publicist, he ran the press office of the interest group of Swiss photo suppliers (ISFL) and was president of the society of the Musée suisse de l'appareil photographique in Vevey . He is the editor of the Swiss online magazine for photography and digital imaging «Fotointern» and the associated «Fotoagenda».

Books (selection)

  • History of Photography. A century shapes a medium (1981), Frauenfeld, ISBN 3-719307-81-6
  • Photographische Enzyklopädie AZ, (1982), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-723117-00-7
  • Leica photography school. History technology practice, (2011 [1986]): with Claus Militz, Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-723163-00-9
  • Black and white photo school (1990), with Claus Militz, Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-723100-09-0
  • Photo lexicon - 1367 technical terms (1991), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-7231-0020-1
  • Basics and application (1992), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-933131-27-8
  • Kreatives Großformat (1999), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-933131-21-9
  • Werbefotografie (1997), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-933131-31-6
  • Peoplefotografie (1995), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-933131-30-8
  • Natural landscapes. Kreatives Grossformat 3 (1995), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie, ISBN 3-7231-0037-6
  • Architectural photography. Kreatives Grossformat 2 (1995), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie ISBN 3-7231-0029-5
  • Eye journeys - The panorama in Switzerland (2001), Schaffhausen, Verlag Photographie ISBN 3-9520873-6-X

Award

2010 honorary member of the photo press association TIPA Technical Image Press Association

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc Herren: Urs Tillmanns . In: fotoCH, online work on photography in Switzerland, October 16, 2012, accessed on January 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Imprint Fotointern.ch: Fotointern (www.fotointern.ch) is the only independent online magazine for photography and digital imaging in Switzerland. Editor (web publisher): Urs Tillmanns (Tm) . OJ, accessed January 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Imprint Fotoagenda.ch : fotoagenda.ch is the independent Swiss online event calendar for photography . Publisher: Urs Tillmanns (Tm) . OJ, accessed January 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Urs Tillmanns: What does photography bring to art? In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung July 22, 2015, accessed on March 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Urs Tillmanns: 100 years of Leica. When photography learned to walk In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung May 22, 2014, accessed on March 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ FotoTV: Interview with Urs Tillmanns In: FotoTV.de, accessed on March 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Gabriela Neuhaus: Brave New Pixel World: The Photo Future. 4.40 Statement by Urs Tillmanns, editor-in-chief «Foto intern» . In: NZZ format. March 17, 2001, accessed March 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ David Meili: Urs Tillmanns is an honorary member of TIPA . In: Fotointern.ch, April 14, 2010, accessed on January 3, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Tillmanns, Urs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer and specialist journalist for photography
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1945