Hildegard Ochse
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Hildegard Ochse | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1935 Bad Salzuflen, Westphalen, Germany |
| Died | June 28, 1997 Berlin, Germany |
| Cause of death | leukaemia |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Style | Documentary |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | hildegard-ochse |
Hildegard Ochse (December 7, 1935 – June 28, 1997) was a German photographer.
Life and work
Ochse was born in 1935 in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, the daughter of Maria Römer-Krusemeyer and Peter Arthur Römer. In 1952 she traveled to the USA on a student exchange, returning to Germany in 1953. After she finished her Higher School Certificate 1955 in Bad Salzuflen, she studied Roman language and art history at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. In 1958 she married Dr. Prof. Horst Ochse (1927-2014), later giving birth to four children. In 1973 the family moved to West Berlin and lived in Berlin-Steglitz.
In 1975 she began to educate herself as a photographer. In 1976 she became a student of the "Werkstatt für Fotografie" founded by the Photographer Michael Schmidt. Later she attended several photo workshops given by Lewis Baltz, John Gossage and Larry Fink and the German photographer André Gelpke. From 1978 she taught photography at the Landesbildstelle and teacher training college in Berlin. From 1981 she began working as freelancer in Berlin.
She had several exhibitions in Berlin and Milan, and part of her collection was held by the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin and at the Universitá di Parma, Centro studi, dip. Fotografia and private collections.
In 1995 Ochse was diagnosed with leukaemia. Despite several rounds of chemotherapy, she never recovered, and died in July 1997 in Berlin at the age of 61. She was survived by her husband, four children Adrian, Katharina, Caroline, Benjamin and five grandchildren.
Publishing rights for most of Hildegard Ochse's photographs are now handled by her son Benjamin Ochse.
Notable works
- 1979: Natur in der Stadt, Großstadtvegetation
- 1980: No Future – Café Mitropa
- 1980: Landscapes – Denmark at the beach
- 1981: Municipal church
- 1980-83: Street photography, Winter in Berlin
- 1982: Bosa
- 1983: Topographic Sequenzen of a city and changing landscapes
- 1983: Host country Germany
- 1983: Bomarzo
- 1985: The anthropology and the portrait
- 1986-87: The oath of the constitution
- 1987: KPM – Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin
- 1989-90: The Berlin Wall – Metamorphose
- 1990: Peregrination though Mark-Brandenburg
- 1990: The Children of Berlin-Marzahn
- 1995-96: Jerusalem
Exhibitions
- 1978: Gallery Franz Mehring, Berlin, Germany
- 1979: Gallery Mutter Fourage, Berlin, Germany
- 1983: Gallery Fioretta, Reflextions, group exhibition, Padua, Italy
- 1983: Gallery II Diaframma-Canon, group exhibition, Milan, Italy
- 1984: HdK Berlin, Photos of an exhibition, solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 1985: Galleria fotografica comunale, Centro Culturale Pubblico Polivalente, group exhibition, Ronchi dei Legionari near Trieste, Italy
- 1987: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Street photography, S-Bahn sequences, Berlin Festival Gallery, 750 Years Berlin, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 1991: Gallery „Inselstraße *13“, Metamorphose, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 1992: Local museum Wedding, Female Sphere – Women's Spaces, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 2004: Taranaki Art Gallery, Metamorphose, solo exhibition, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- 2009: The House of Brandenburg-Prussian History, documentation about Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
- 2009: European Commission in Germany, Fall of the Berlin Wall *1989, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 2009: Gallery at the culture centre Karlshorst, *20 Years of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 2010: Cafe Club International, Ulysses period of Facebook and Twitter, group exhibition, Vienna, Austria
- 2012: House on Kleistpark (German Haus am Kleistpark), Hildegard Ochse (*1935 - *1997) - The Legacy of Photographer, solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
- 2013: German State Parliament Brandenburg Landtag Brandenburg, TRANSITION (German WENDEZEIT) *1989 - *1991, solo exhibition, Potsdam, Germany
- 2014: 18m Salon, BÜROZEIT u.a. Ansichten einer Autorenfotografin (English Office hours and other views of a Auteur Photographer), Berlin, Germany
- 2015: Kommunale Gallery Berlin, Between Her Own Viewpoint and Authentic Reality, The Photographic Oeuvre of Hildegard Ochse, Berlin, Germany
Further reading
- Großstadtkirchen: Bilder der Gegenwart. Herder Publisher, Freiburg, 1982
- Frauenzimmer – Frauenräume. district office Berlin-Wedding, 1982
- Barbara Köppe, Fotografien 1988 - 1990, Hildegard Ochse, Metamorphosen 1990. Gallery "Inselstrasse 13", Berlin, 1991[1]
References
External links
- Official website
- Documentary about Hildegard Ochse and work
- Official Site of the Film about Hildegard Ochse
- Annika Brockschmidt: Photos about Hildegard Ochse of the Haus am Kleistpark - Tagesspiegel 28. June 2012
- Ingeborg Ruthe: Mitropa, zweite Heimat - Berliner Zeitung, 26. June 2012
- Friedhelm Denkeler: The Legacy of Photographer - Journal Denkeler, Report from Berlin about Photography and Art, 9. Juli 2012
- Friedhelm Denkeler: WENDEZEIT 1989-1991 - Journal Denkeler, Report from Berlin about Photography and Art, 9. August 2013
- German State Parliament Brandenburg: „ TRANSITION 1989 - 1991“ – PR Department, 13. August 2013