Waltraut Pathenheimer
Waltraut Pathenheimer (born February 17, 1932 in Berlin ; died December 21, 2018 there ) was a German photographer . She became known as a DEFA film photographer .
Life
After graduating from high school, Waltraut Pathenheimer applied for an advertisement from the DEFA photo department and was accepted, although she had never photographed before. After four years of apprenticeship and passing the exam, she was immediately employed as a still photographer for the shooting . Before the trailers were introduced , still photos displayed in showcases in front of the cinemas, in newspapers or on posters were the main advertising medium for films.
At first she mainly worked on studio recordings, later also on outdoor recordings. She photographed a total of 80 films and produced around 32,000 photos drawn with DEFA-Pathenheimer. Some of their recordings, e.g. B. Gojko Mitić on a rearing mare in The Sons of the Great Bear , Manfred Krug behind the truck steering wheel in Wide Streets - Silent Love and Annekathrin Bürger behind barbed wire in Königskinder have become icons of cinema.
After DEFA ended, she was given early retirement, which she found humiliating. In December 2016, Christoph Links Verlag published a book with selected film photographs by Waltraut Pathenheimer.
literature
- Pathenheimer: Filmfotografin / DEFA Movie Stills, Ch. Links Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-928-5
- Günther Rücker (author) / DEFA-Pathenheimer (photographer): Until death do you part . Filmszenarium (dialog), Henschel-Verlag 1979
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary , accessed January 22, 2019
- ^ The eye of DEFA. On the death of the photographer Waltraut Pathenheimer. Berliner Zeitung of December 28, 2018, p. 23
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pathenheimer, Waltraut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2018 |
| Place of death | Berlin |