Fotoausstellung j rgen schadeberg im kulturhaus osterfeld
Overview
Jürgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin in 1931. In 1950, he moved to South Africa to rejoin his family and joined Drum magazine as official photographer and layout artist.
Schadeberg became a teacher and mentor to some of the most creative South African photographers of his time, like Bob Gosani, Ernest Cole and later Peter Magubane. As one of the few white photographers who photographed daily life among the black community, he became knowledgeable about black life and culture. As a result, he captured on film the beginnings of the freedom movement, the effects of apartheid and the vibrancy of township life.
Drum wanted the singer Dolly Rathebe to be the cover girl for one of their issues. Schadeberg took her to a Johannesburg mine dump and photographed her in a bikini. The two were arrested for contravening the Immorality Act which forbade interracial relationships.
In 1959, Schadeberg left Drum to become a freelancer. He was part of an expedition led by Professor Phillip V. Tobias from the University of the Witwatersrand to study the San (Bushmen). These images were published in The Kalahari Bushmen Dance in 1982.
He was forced to leave South Africa in 1964 and went to London. Here he taught and curated photographic exhibitions, notably for the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
He then moved to Spain where he concentrated on a career as an artist. In 1972, he returned to Africa where he accepted a position as photographer for Christian Aid in Botswana and Tanzania. In 1973 he travelled from Senegal and Mali to Kenya and Zaire to take photographs.
In 1984, Schadeberg returned to South Africa. He continues to work as a photo-journalist as well as making documentaries about the black community.
Books
The Fifties people of South Africa : the lives of some ninety-five people who were influential in South Africa during the fifties, a period which saw the first stirrings of the coming revolution / with photos by Bob Gosani ... [et al.], Bailey's African Photo Archives, 1987, ISBN 0-620-10529-1
The Finest photos from the old Drum, Bailey's African Photo Archives, 1987; Penguin Books [distributor], ISBN 062010581X
The Kalahari Bushmen dance, Jürgen Schadeberg, 1982, ISBN 0-7045-0472-3
Nelson Mandela and the rise of the ANC / compiled and edited by Jürgen Schadeberg ; photographs by Ian Berry ... [et al.] ; text by Benson Dyantyi ...[et al.], Jonathan Ball, 1990, ISBN 0-947464-18-2
Sof'town blues: images from the black '50s, J. Schadeberg, 1994, ISBN 0-9583980-1-1
Voices from Robben Island, Ravan Press, 1994, ISBN 0-86975-454-8
The black and white fifties : Jürgen Schadeberg's South Africa, Protea, 2001, ISBN 1-919825-71-1
Soweto today, Protea Book House, 2002, ISBN 1-919825-72-X
Who Killed Mr. Drum? / Sylvester Stein / photography by Jürgen Schadeberg, Corvo Books, 2003, ISBN 0-9543255-1-6
The Book of Life, UN Development Programme, 2004, ISBN 0-620-33285-9
Witness: 52 Years of Pointing Lenses at Life, Protea Book House, 2004, ISBN 1-86919-067-X
Voices from the Land, Protea Book House, 2005, ISBN 1-86919-105-6
Tales from Jozi, Protea Book House, 2007, ISBN 978-1-86919-175-7
Jürgen Schadeberg, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Edited by Ralf-P. Seippel, 2008, German/English/French, ISBN 978-3-7757-2150-9
Film and video
Ernest Cole – Video – 52 mins – The life and work of a courageous & pioneering black photographer
Voices from Robben Island – 16 mm – 90 mins – The history of the infamous island prison – a BBC co-production
War & Peace – Video – 60 mins – The history of the ANC from 1900–1994
Have you seen Drum recently? – 35 mm – 77 mins – The vibrant and turbulent fifties with original music and photographs
The seven ages of music – Video – 56 mins – A musical trip through history – from San singing to Hugh Masekela
Dolly & the Inkspots – Video – 26 mins – The life and memories of this legendary jazz singing combination
Drumbeats – 16 mm – 56 mins
Ballroom Fever – Video – 26 mins
Jo'burg Cocktail – Video – 56 mins
Halala Bomane! [Hail the Women!] – Video – 56 mins
Photography
1962 – Places & Faces; Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1963 – South African Social Scenes; Gorzenich Exhibition Hall, Cologne, Germany (with Peter Magubane)
1970 – Jürgen Schadeberg-A Retrospective; Hotel Melia, Torremolinos, Costa Del Sol, Spain
1976 – Jürgen Schadeberg-A Retrospective; Central School, London, UK.
1977 – Village Faces; Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
1977 – Face to Face; Air Gallery, London, UK.
1980 – A Portfolio; The Photographic Gallery; Southampton University, UK.
1981 – London Scenes; Photographers' Gallery, London, UK.
1988 – A Retrospective; Market Gallery, Johannesburg
1996 – African Women; Nantes and other venues in France
1996 – Jürgen Schadeberg-A Retrospective Exhibition; South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Oliewenhuis National Gallery, Bloemfontein; King George V Nat
1998 – Fifties South Africa; Vue D'Afrique Festival, Montreal, Canada
1998 – The Berlin Wall; Goethe Institute, Johannesburg (toured to Goethe Institutes internationally)
1998 – Selected Images – Institute for The Advancement of Journalism, Johannesburg, Freedom Forum, Johannesburg; South Africa
1998 – Jürgen Schadeberg – A Retrospective; Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
1999 – Jürgen Schadeberg – The 'Fifties; The Waterfront, Belfast, N.Ireland, UK.
2000 – The Naked Face; Sandton Civic Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 – Faced; Carfax Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001 – Soweto 2001; Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001 – The White 'Fifties; Crake Gallery, Johannesburg, Bensusan Museum of Photography, Johannesburg; South Africa
2001 – Jürgen Schadeberg-Drum Beat: South Africa 1950–1994; Axis Gallery, New York, NY
2001 – Jurgen Schadeberg – Fine Images over 50 Years – Photoza – Johannesburg
2001 – Jurgen Schadeberg – Fine Images over 50 Years – Photoza – Johannesburg
2002 – The Black & White Fifties" & "Soweto Today" touring SA with The Alliance Francaise – Opened at The Pretoria Art Museum, 8 city tour
2002 – Voices from the Past – Moving Stills over 50 years – Goethe Institut Johannesburg
2002 – The San of the Kalahari 1959 – RAU Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 – The San of the Kalahari 1959 – PhotoZa Gallery, Johannesburg
2003 – The San of the Kalahari 1959 – Tour of South Africa to 8 venues by Alliance Francaise
2003 – All that Jazz: 52 years of jazz images, Standard Bank Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2003 – Goethe Institut, Berlin (a retrospective of South African images)
2003 – Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, Mali
2003/4 – Retrospective of South African work touring Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong
2004 – Dorottya Gallery, Budapest (1950s images) & Mediawave in Gyor in April
2004 – The San of the Kalahari – Pretoria 2004
2004 – On The Beach – New colour work. Gallery@157, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004 – A Restrospective of 52 Years of South African work – Espace Cosmopolis, Nantes, France
2004 – Selected Works – Pascal Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2005 – A Retrospective of South African work – Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon Sur Saône
2005 – Drum Days in fifties South Africa – Riverside Studios, London
