Wolfgang Suschitzky

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Wolfgang "Wolf" Suschitzky (born August 29, 1912 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † October 7, 2016 in London ) was an Austrian - British cameraman and photographer .

Life

Suschitzky received training at the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna and then worked as a bookseller and photographer. At the end of February 1934 he emigrated to London, where he initially earned his living as a photographer .

In 1937 he began working as a camera assistant on documentaries for Paul Rotha's production unit. Classified as an enemy foreigner after the outbreak of war in 1939 , he was allowed to work again for Rotha as chief cameraman from 1942. In 1944 he was involved in founding the DATA film cooperative and shot numerous industrial films for this company . In 1950 he made his feature film debut with the short crime film No Resting Place , but it was not until the 1960s that Suschitzky began to receive more feature films. At the same time, he continued to work as a photographer, shot commercials and television series and also tried his hand at book illustrator.

Suschitzky last lived in London. His son is the cameraman Peter Suschitzky (* 1941). His sister was the photographer, educator and KGB agent Edith Tudor-Hart (1908–1973).

photography

For Wolf Suschitzky, in whose work the depiction of work and workers occupies a central place, documentary photography consisted of the sympathetic, commentary depiction of social conditions: "The photographer who comes into contact with human suffering is usually partial". At the beginning of his career he photographed classic commissioned work for magazines such as Picture Post , Illustrated or Lilliput, later most of his photographs were taken alongside his work as a cameraman. It is characteristic of his photographic work that it is often not possible to clearly distinguish between his fields of activity, that he often used film and photo cameras almost at the same time, which can lead to special aesthetic effects, such as motifs existing multiple times in different contexts or documentary photography on The margins of film productions arise. Most of his photographic estate is in the FOTOHOF archive .

Filmography (selection)

Exhibitions

  • 2020: "Wolf Suschitzky - No Resting Place". Fotohof , Salzburg

Books

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary. The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
  • Brigitte Mayr, Michael Omasta, Ursula Seeber (eds.): Wolf Suschitzky. Photos. Synema, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-901644-18-0 .
  • Brigitte Mayr, Michael Omasta, Ursula Seeber (Eds.): Wolf Suschitzky films. Synema, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-901644-33-7
  • Michael Omasta, Brigitte Mayr (eds.): Wolf Suschitzky: Seven Decades of Photography. Synema, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-901644-61-0
  • Ursula Seeber (Hrsg.): Small allies: expelled Austrian children's and youth literature . Vienna: Picus, 1998 ISBN 3-85452-276-2 , p. 162

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Suschitzky, photographer and Get Carter cameraman, dies aged 104
  2. ↑ Michael Huber. "From the perspective of humanity". In: Kurier, edition Tuesday, August 18, 2020. p. 19.
  3. ↑ Peter Schreiner. "Work as a motive and condition in the works of Wolf Suschitzky". In: Wolf Suschitzky. "Work". Salzburg: FOTOHOF edition . 2020. pp. 5-8.
  4. ↑ http://www.fotohof.net/content.php?id=24&ausstellung=398&details=1
personal data
SURNAME Suschitzky, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suschitzky, Wolf (nickname); Suschitzky, Su (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-British cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 2016
Place of death London