Vincent Feckter
Vinzenz Feckter (born December 5, 1847 , in Paffrath , today Bergisch Gladbach , † 1916 in Bergisch Gladbach) was a German photography pioneer and amateur photographer .
After his training he taught like his father at the schools in Zündorf , Flittard and Schlebusch until 1882 . Then a hearing problem forced him to give up the job. Because even the then obligatory music lessons could not have been given.
Often regarded as an eccentric by the local residents due to his deafness , he lived with his two unmarried sisters Clementine and Clara in Paffrath until his death in 1916 . He found his financial livelihood by means of photographs that he u. a. made with a plate camera made by the local master carpenter Weyer . As early as the 1950s, some photographs from the estate were published in the Bergische Landeszeitung, and it was not until the 1970s that an employee of the LVR Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History (formerly: Office for Rhenish Regional Studies ) in Bonn attempted the systematic Assignment.
His pictures are not limited to the usual portrait and genre photography (“ staged photography ”), as Feckter, such as For example, in the particularly expressive group portrait of the four house painters, it was obviously important that the journeymen did not put on their best " gear ", but instead offered the viewer a vivid image of reality with splashed paint, trousers, smock and glued brush . Feckter also consciously documented changes by capturing the same motif over and over again on his glass plates over the years .
In addition, Feckter made an outstanding contribution to the regional history of Bergisch Gladbach, as many of his pictures document the changes in his surroundings over the long term.
literature
- Albert Eßer / Wolfgang Vomm: Directed looks. Bergisch Gladbach in old photographs by Vinzenz Feckter, (= contributions to the history of the city of Bergisch Gladbach, Vol. 7) Bergisch Gladbach 1999, 93 p., 52 image pages, ISBN 3-9804448-4-8 .
- Klaus Freckmann: The photographic estate of Vinzenz Feckter ; in: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar 49, 1979, pp. 136–143.
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ Hebborn: a contribution to the local history of Bergisch-Gladbach: published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Hebborn Church of the Three Kings, Bergisch Gladbach: Heider-Verlag, 1987, p. 24f and 146, ISBN 3-873-14189-2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feckter, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paffrath |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |
| Place of death | Paffrath |