Robert Häusser - Die Berliner Mauer ("The Berlin Wall", MINT CONDITION, SHRINK-WRAPPED) - 2009

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IMPRESSIVE PHOTO CATALOGUE BOOK about the Berlin wall by well-known German photographer Robert Häusser (1924-2013) - in BRANDNEW CONDITION.

"Robert Häusser is considered one of the pioneers of contemporary photography. He exhibited at more than 50 one-man-shows in museums and art galleries in Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, and the USA. He received the Hasselblad Award in 1995.
His award citation described his work as "extension and development of the 'subjective photography' genre, which was launched, and won considerable acclaim, in Europe during the post-war years. His graphic and pregnant studies of landscapes and architecture combine a fine simplification of the essentials of his subjects with a quietly threatening tone."

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Robert Häusser, die Berliner Mauer - Fotografien und Zitate" at "Zeughaus C 5" in Mannhein in 2009.

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Edition Braus, Heidelberg. 2009. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover (as issued). 310 x 250 mm. 65 pages. Photos: Häusser, Robert. Edited by: Prof. Dr. Alfried Wieczorek, Dr. Claude W. Sui. Foreword: Prof. Dr. Alfried Wieczorek, Dr. Claud W. Sui. Text: Dr. Claude W. Sui, Günter Kunert. Text in German.

Important photobook about the "Berlin Wall" by Robert Häusser - in perfect condition.

"Robert Häusser grew up in Stuttgart. Even as a young boy, his mother gave him a camera obscura, which he used to take his first photographs.
In 1938, Robert Häusser received his first full-fledged camera, a Kodak Retinette, and in 1940, a Rolleicord camera from the estate of a neighbor who had been killed in the war. He then began taking photographs in earnest, producing his “Early Pictures.” From 1940 to 1941, he completed his apprenticeship as a press photographer in Stuttgart; afterward, he served an apprenticeship at a small-scale photography studio until 1942 and attended the Graphic Arts School in Stuttgart.
His father was an early supporter of Hitler. In his autobiography, Robert Häusser recounted that he became an opponent of the regime, which is why he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp in 1936 for two years on charges of “conspiracy.” Records from that time reveal that this account is inaccurate; in fact, his father was merely fined 20 Reichsmarks in 1935 for insult and gross mischief. Robert Häusser himself applied for membership in the NSDAP on May 1, 1942, and was admitted on September 1 of that same year (membership number 9,190,827). After the war, he denied this membership during the denazification process.
From 1942 to 1945, Häusser served as a soldier and was held as a prisoner of war by the Americans until 1946. In 1946, he married Elfriede Meyer, with whom he had a daughter.
From 1946 to 1952, he lived with his parents in the Mark Brandenburg. In addition to his farm work, he devoted himself increasingly to photography. Beginning in 1949, he studied under Heinrich Freytag and Walter Hege at the School of Applied Arts in Weimar.
His first exhibitions followed as early as 1950, including one at the first Photokina in Cologne. At the same time, Häusser was admitted to the Society of German Photographers (GDL), now known as the German Photographic Academy (DFA). There, he served as a member of the jury and the executive committee.
Before long, Häusser’s paintings were also being published in West German magazines and winning awards. His ongoing contacts with the West were viewed with suspicion by the GDR authorities. When Robert Häusser declined an offer to become a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, the regime responded with increasing reprisals. The entire family came under pressure and was kept under constant surveillance. As a result, the family gave up the farm in 1952 and fled to the Federal Republic of Germany, where Häusser built a new life for himself.
Robert Häusser settled in Mannheim and made a name for himself through commissioned work. In 1957, he built his own photography studio there, where he was gradually able to employ a few people. During this time, Häusser earned his living by publishing numerous illustrated books on cities and landscapes, as well as through his work for artists. At the same time, he undertook commissioned trips for various industrial companies and publishers, which took him around the world as a now-sought-after photographer specializing in industry and architecture.
In the 1960s, Häusser began traveling on assignment for prominent magazines, published additional books, and photographed prominent figures from the worlds of politics and culture. His growing success left Häusser with less and less time to photograph freely. Consequently, he began to scale back his commercial photography work and gradually reduced the size of his business in order to focus entirely on artistic photography. In 1968, he decided to stop taking on commissioned work and to “photograph only what truly interested me.”
Häusser was active in cultural policy throughout his life. In addition to his work for the Society of German Photographers (GDL), Häusser was a founding member of the Association of Freelance Photo Designers (BFF) in 1969. He was a member of the German Artists’ Association (to whose board he was elected in 1987, as well as the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim and the Darmstadt Secession.
In the Society of German Photographers, he served as executive director, president, and vice president, and in these roles he spearheaded the association’s reorientation, its self-critical examination of its role during the Nazi era, and its reorganization into the German Photographic Academy (DFA).
Robert Häusser lived in Mannheim and on Ibiza. In his later years, he no longer took photographs but devoted himself to archiving and organizing his body of work."
(Wikepedia)