Wolfgang Krolow

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Wolfgang Krolow (born April 6, 1950 in Sippersfeld ; † September 24, 2019 in Berlin ) was a German photographer .

Life

As the son of a couple from Hanseatic and Palatinate, Wolfgang Krolow spent an independent childhood in the country. As a teenager he occasionally performed in Kaiserslautern with the blues harp in front of GIs in American clubs. Foregoing high school diploma and military service, he set out for India in the Middle East in 1968, traveling to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Due to physical and mental exhaustion, however, he broke off the trip without having reached India. In 1969, Krolow successfully applied to the art academy in Mannheim, where he studied sculpture and graphic design with Professor Hans Nagel . At about the same time he began photography and also gained his first experience in the darkroom . He moved to Berlin in 1970 and worked as a plasterer in construction, as a warehouse worker and in a printing company. In 1972 he successfully applied to the Berlin University of the Arts (HDK). He did not begin his studies in visual communication with a focus on photography and graphic design there until 1975 with Professor Helmut Lortz . From 1977 he worked as a freelancer for various daily newspapers, magazines and publishers such as Suhrkamp and Wagenbach . After completing his studies in visual communication at the HDK, Krolow worked as a freelance photographer in the fields of journalism, actor portraits and architecture from 1982. From the late 1980s onwards, Krolow began taking more photos while traveling and portrayed in film and theater.

His early travel experiences, and not least the acquaintance with his fellow photographer Gerhard Vormwald , inspired him to work with the camera for many years. His photographs from numerous European cities, countries and places such as Albania or Volgograd were published in many daily newspapers and magazines - but the center of his work was and remained the Kreuzberg neighborhood , which is also reflected in Krolow's publications. Until his death he lived there himself for many years on Chamissoplatz.

In 2005 Wolfgang Krolow suffered a stroke and was then permanently dependent on a wheelchair. He died in a Berlin hospital at the age of 69.

Works (selection)

  • Erika Runge with Wolfgang Krolow (photos): Children in Kreuzberg. Socialist Unity Party West Berlin, Berlin 1979, OCLC 174523155 .
  • Wolfgang Krolow (photos), Peter-Paul Zahl (foreword): Repairs occupation picture book. LitPol, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-88279-028-8 .
  • Rolf Hosfeld , Peter-Paul Zahl, Wolfgang Krolow (photos): tightrope dances. A photo book from Kreuzberg. LitPol, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-88279-016-4 .
  • Klaus Hoffmann , Wolfgang Krolow (photos): What am I doing in this city - songs from 15 years. Elefanten-Press, Berlin (West) 1983, ISBN 3-88520-108-9 .
  • Stefan Orendt, Giuseppe DeSiati (Ed.): Albania - A photo reading book . Verlag BasisDruck, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-86163-031-1 .
  • Ellen Röhner, Erik Steffen (Hrsg.): Standstill and movement: people in Kreuzberg. Photographs from the 70s and 80s. Berlin Story Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86368-091-6 .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1982: Participation in the exhibition “BerlinBilder” by the Goethe Institute “Feeling and Hardness”, Berlin - Amsterdam.
  • 1983: EA, gallery at Chamissoplatz, traveling exhibition “Grossstadtdschungel”, Art Association Munich.
  • 1984: EA retrospective, Gallery KK Braunschweig "Berlin" journées internàtionales de la photographie, Montpellier.
  • 1984: Group exhibition “Photography on my own behalf”, Galerie am Körner Park, Neukölln Art Office.
  • 1986: Exhibition of 35 mm negatives “Anatomica” EA, Galerie Schwarz auf Weiß, Berlin.
  • 1990: "soirées est-ouest - photos after the fall of the wall" Center Georges Pompidou , Paris.
  • 1991: "Everyday Life in Albania" first exhibition, WerkbundArchiv, Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin.
  • 1993: "Dog is Extra", exhibition in the Berlin-Alexanderplatz underground station
  • 1999: "Stadtluft" AB Kunstverein Hamburg.
  • 2004: "Augenkitzel" Gallery Tammen, Berlin.
  • 2007: "Works by Wolfgang Krolow" gallery argus fotokunst, Berlin, August 24, 2007 to October 6, 2007.
  • 2010: “Photographs”, photo exhibition in the Marheinke Markthalle in Berlin as part of the “Ich bin Kreuzberg” series, approx. 140 black and white photographs in a large retrospective from September 4, 2010 to October 2, 2010.

Trivia

  • In 2005, according to Vita, Krolow was allegedly hit by a "lightning strike" - but this may mean his stroke.
  • In connection with a series of arson attacks, a car burned out in front of Krolow's ground floor apartment in Berlin's Kreuzberg district at night in July 2019. The flames hit the windows of his apartment. Krolow was able to alert his supervisor in time and thus be brought to safety - the Berliner Zeitung BZ reported on it.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j VITA. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Wolfgang Krolow. In: The Browse Gallery. Retrieved September 29, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Photographer Wolfgang Krolow dies. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Berlin photographer Wolfgang Krolow died. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Edith Siepmann: Black and white tightrope dances . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 29, 2007, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 22 ( taz.de [accessed September 29, 2019]).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gallery argus fotokunst - fine photographic prints: Wolfgang Krolow. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c Berliner Leben (Edition 04/2010) - Wilhelminian-style treasures on Chamissoplatz. (PDF) In: gewobag.de. GEWOBAG, April 2010, accessed on September 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Cars set on fire! Who will stop the fire chaots? Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  9. ^ Community Impulse Initiative - Exhibition: Photographs by Wolfgang Krolow. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Krolow, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH near Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2019
Place of death Berlin