Günter Rössler
Günter Rössler (January 6, 1926 in Leipzig – December 31, 2012 in Leipzig) was a German photographer and photo-journalist who got famous for his artistic nude photographs which made him the Helmut Newton of the East [1]
The [[::de:Statgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig|Leipzig Historical Museum]] dedicated an exhibition to him showing 40 of his fashion photographs.[2]
Biography
Rössler studied at the "University for Graphic and Book Design" ([[::de:Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig|Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst]]) in Leipzig. Since 1951, he worked as freelance fashion and advertisement photographer, as well as photo journalist. He started doing nude photography in the 1960s and was one of the pioneers of the genre in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
In the time between 1954 and 1990, Rössler was contributing mainly to GDR fashion magazines like [[::de:Modische Maschen|Modische Maschen]], the monthly magazine [[::de:Das Magazin (Deutschland)|Das Magazin]] and photo journals like Fotokino-Magazin. His first exhibition of nude photographs in "Kunsthaus Grimma" in 1979 made big waves in the GDR. However, his pictures were not considered offensive and even school classes visited this and following exhibitions of the artist.
References
- ^ Höhn, Tobias D. (6 September 2006). "Der alte Mann und die Akt-Modelle". Der Stern. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Unbekannte Modefotografien von Günter Rössler". Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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