Roger Fritz (1936-2021) - Anthony Quinn (Lost Command), Madrid 1966

Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Anthony Quinn (Lost Command), Madrid 1966/2018.

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

Good condition, mounting strip for mat 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 “celebrities” 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 belongs to 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. His first photography prizes came when he was 18 (Photokina 1954 and 1956). From 1956–1959 he was an UFA junior student 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 won the Federal Film Prize for his feature film “Mädchen, Mädchen.” He acted in three Rainer Werner Fassbinder films. He ran a venue in Munich during the 1980s and 1990s. Later, Roger Fritz produced city- and countryside-life features – from Las Vegas to Bavaria. In 2007 he received the Lead-Award for a St. Pauli magazine reportage, and in 2011 the German Independence Honorary Award.