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Jürgen Schadeberg in Hamburg
Jürgen Schadeberg in Hamburg
Jürgen Schadeberg
February 10, 2023
Avoiding the Pass, 1955 © Jürgen Schadeberg
Hamburg’s Capitis Gallery presents a showcase of works by Leica photographer Jürgen Schadeberg – continuing until April 21, 2023.
Jürgen Schadeberg (1931–2020) made his mark in photography history as a courageous, passionate photojournalist with a humanist perspective. In addition to his native Germany and wider Europe, his adopted home country of South Africa was the primary focal point of his more than seven-decade-long career.
Schadeberg lived in South Africa from 1950 to 1964, and again from 1985 to 2007. This allowed him to gain unique socio-cultural insights, from the injustices of racial segregation to the country’s vibrant music scene. As a dedicated documentarist and astute observer, he accompanied South Africa’s arduous path out of apartheid – creating artfully studied images that have long become icons of photojournalism.
In 2018, Jürgen Schadeberg received the Leica Hall of Fame Award in recognition of his remarkable life’s work.
His oeuvre has also been represented in the Portfolio sections of LFI 7/2014 and 1/2019.
Jürgen Schadeberg (1931–2020) made his mark in photography history as a courageous, passionate photojournalist with a humanist perspective. In addition to his native Germany and wider Europe, his adopted home country of South Africa was the primary focal point of his more than seven-decade-long career.
Schadeberg lived in South Africa from 1950 to 1964, and again from 1985 to 2007. This allowed him to gain unique socio-cultural insights, from the injustices of racial segregation to the country’s vibrant music scene. As a dedicated documentarist and astute observer, he accompanied South Africa’s arduous path out of apartheid – creating artfully studied images that have long become icons of photojournalism.
In 2018, Jürgen Schadeberg received the Leica Hall of Fame Award in recognition of his remarkable life’s work.
His oeuvre has also been represented in the Portfolio sections of LFI 7/2014 and 1/2019.
ALL IMAGES ON THIS PAGE: © Jürgen Schadeberg
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Jürgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin in 1931. From 1946 onwards he studied at the College for Optics and Photography in Berlin, before becoming a photographer with the German Press Agency (dpa) in Hamburg. In 1950 Schadeberg relocated to South Africa, where he joined the staff at Drum Magazine, the most important forum for South Africa’s black majority population. From 1964 onwards he worked in Europe and the US, as well as lecturing at various universities. 1985 marked his return to South Africa, where he was based until 2007. Today Jürgen Schadeberg lives in Spain together with his wife. More
Avoiding the Pass, 1955 © Jürgen Schadeberg
Handstand, Hamburg, 1948 © Jürgen Schadeberg