Christian von Alvensleben
Christian von Alvensleben ( born August 27, 1941 in Munich) is a German photographer.
Family background
Alvensleben is the son of Anna Caroline von Alvensleben. An uncle was Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff - Steinort, Veruschka von Lehndorff is a cousin. His grandfather Werner von Alvensleben was a political prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp and in prison Magdeburg until 1945. Divorced from his marriage to the U.S. citizen Cathrin Kimbel had two sons.
She now lives and Christian von Alvensleben with his wife Helga in Bad Oldesloe near Hamburg.
Life and work
His first pictures makes Christian von Alvensleben the age of eleven with a Kodak box camera from a U.S. CARE Package, follow pictures for the school newspaper. As a 18- year-old student he drives during the summer holidays to France in order to improve the language of the High School. In Mont Justin he meets the young German writer Hubert Fichte. The photos that arise on a day were shown in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg in 2005 and are now in the Hubert Fichte Foundation.
Residence in 1962 in Mozambique / Africa with his uncle Werner von Alvensleben ( Baron in Africa ' ), he has been photographing big game and the corresponding hunters. The work ( The trace of the leopard / .378 caliber ) is issued at the 1993 Photokina.
From 1964 visit to the Polytechnic in London / England. The photographer Karl -Heinz Ludwig / Ali Khan in Munich, followed by a residency, from 1968 he is a freelance photographer with his own studio in Hamburg- St. George. One of his first major works include 1969 images for print advertising of the SPD for the parliamentary elections. The most common motif of the campaign is the portrait of " Marianne has sat " a weeping girl should illustrate the better education policies of the SPD. World famous in 1972 his picture " Sunshine " a naked woman with umbrella on the beach for advertising the film manufacturer Fuji. At the time the New York Times devoted to the photo page, today is the subject of one of the " pictures in the head" (German Press Museum, German Newspaper Museum ).
The following productions for editorial and advertising world in the fields of architecture, interior, fashion, beauty, food, people, Stills and Transportation.
As an author, photographer Christian von Alvensleben is a very commonly sought-after interpreter for industrial products or for other representations, at their location choice he is given a free hand. He also portrays industrial managers, actors, athletes, musicians, politicians, fashion designers and TV stars.
In addition to numerous photo illustrations of books for chefs and epicureans like Alfons Beck, Alfred Biolek, Christiane Herzog, Bruno Bruni and "Food in Vogue " / Condé Nast released in 1992, the winner of many prestigious awards work - The Apocalyptic Menu.
Many of his works that their time are almost always ahead, appear among others in the magazine A & W Architektur & Wohnen, Dance Magazine NY, The Gourmet, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Geo, Max, Merian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Vanity Fair, Vogue Bride, Casa Vogue, Vogue German Vogue Pelle and time. His work also includes TV spots, but of Christian Alvensleben sees itself rather as a photographer.
The editorial " The Gourmet " Christian names of Alvensleben as a "Hall of Fame member " for 30-year - anniversary editorial, Designers Digest named him 2002 " (Photo ) Designer of the Year " and novum reported: Christian Alvensleben of one of the enduring values of the German photo designs and the most universal. Others call him the best Universalists. 2005 is proposed already by the Art Directors Club (ADC ) awarded work for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006. In over 35 years of photographic work there alone by the German ADC over 80 awards for individual works, including many gold medals and even unusual for a photographer, in 1993 the Grand Prix. In 2009 he received the Art Directors Club (ADC), the award for his life's work.
His expertise is often estimated in juries. The offers to take a teaching position, he has always refused, because then the time would fail for photographing him. Since 2006, Christian von Alvensleben works only on his own photography projects.
Memberships
- Art Directors Club for Germany (ADC ), 28 years
- Association of Freelance Photo Designers ( BFF) and Honorary Member since 2009
- German Journalists Association ( DJV ), 35 years
- German Society for Photography ( DGPh ), appeal in 1984, leaving 2004
Since its founding in 1994 Alvensleben Advisory Board of Reinhart Wolf Foundation.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in Germany, France, USA and Italy ( Biennial of Photography ) and worldwide exhibitions.
Works
- The trace of the leopard, Christian von Alvensleben (Editor, Photographer )
Publishing Society Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85447-457-1.
Publishing Society Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85447-414-8
- Four Seasons, Christian von Alvensleben (Editor, Photographer )
Publishing Society Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85447-482-2
- Ailanthus and seafood, Christian von Alvensleben ( Photographer ), Dr. Thorsten Rodiek (Editor)
Cultural Foundation Hanseatic City of Lübeck, ISBN 978-3-00-027639-2
- Live healthier, eat vegetarian, Barbara Rias -Bucher
Zabert Sandmann Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-924678-23-5 ( German National Library )
- The new Bavarian cookbook, Alfons Beck
Zabert Sandmann Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-453-18866-7
- Enjoyment & enjoyment of art. My way of life, Bruno Bruni
Hädecke Verlag, Weil der Stadt 2005, ISBN 3-7750-0460-2