Roger Fritz (1936-2021) - Joseph Beuys (studio)

Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Joseph Beuys (studio), Düsseldorf 1985/2018. No reserve price!

Black & white photo print, sheet size: 15 x 22.4 cm. Edition 50, signed, dated, titled.

Good condition, adhesive strip for passepartout present.

Biography
As a photographer, he is an “objective” seismograph of the social life of the second half of the 20th century. For Stern, Quick, Jours de France, Münchner Illustrierte, Vogue or Bunte, he celebrates the “Celibrities” from film, music, visual arts, literature and politics in an independent visual language. As an actor, filmmaker and/or producer (of around 40 films) he himself is part of this society, meeting the stars on film sets and hotspots with his camera at eye level. As their colleague and friend, he also gives us personal insights into their private lives. He received his first photography prizes from the age of 18 (Photokina 1954 and 1956). From 1956–59 he was a trainee at UFA for acting and directing. At 23, he founded the magazine “Twen” (1959). In the 1960s he assisted Gian-Carlo Menotti at the Due Mondi opera festival and Luchino Visconti in “Boccaccio 70.” In 1967 he received the Federal Film Prize for his feature film “Mädchen, Mädchen.” Actor in three Rainer Werner Fassbinder films. Operator of a venue in Munich in the 1980s and 1990s. Later, Roger Fritz produced city- and country-life features—from Las Vegas to Bavaria. In 2007 he received the Lead Award for a St. Pauli magazine reportage, in 2011 the German Independence Honorary Award.

Edition number may vary, back-side photo shown only as an example.