Jürgen Schadeberg (South African, born )

Timeline

1931
Born in Berlin
1946
Photographic apprentice with professional photographer & studies at the Schule für Optik und Phototechnik Berlin
1947
Photographic volunteer at dpa, Hamburg
1950
Emigrates to South Africa and becomes Picture Editor, Head of the Photographic Department & Art Designer at Drum Magazine, Johannesburg (South Africa); also freelances for Time Life, Black Star & Der Stern
1959
He leaves Drum to become a freelancer
1959–1964
Freelances and workes on staff at Sunday Times
1964
Moves to London
1968
Moves to Spain
1972
Returns to London
1974–1976
Curates several group exhibitions in London
1979
Teaches a three month course at The New School, New York
1980
Teaches at the Kunsthochschule, Hamburg
1980–1985
Freelance work and film projects in Germany, France and the UK (Die Zeit, New Society, The Sunday Times, The Observer)
1985
Directs documentaries and dramas in South Africa about black social, political and cultural life
1987
Since 1987 lives and works in France

Exhibitions

2009
Retrospektive, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2008
Jurgen Schadeberg – Timeless Moments, Leica Galleries Frankfurt am Main, Solms and Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2008
Conseil Général de l’Orne, Alençon, France (solo)
2008
Retrospective 57 Years, Ypres Cultural Centre, Ypres, Belgium (solo)
2008
Mandela Images, Musée des Arts Derniers, Paris; Belgravia Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2008
Virgina Museum of Fine Art, USA
2007
Südafrika vor und nach der Apartheid, Kulturverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg, Germany (solo)
2007
Jazz Show, Photographer’s Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
2007
The Black and White Fifties, Kunstverein Zehntscheuer, Rottenburg, Germany (solo)
2007
The Black and White Fifties, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany (solo)
2007
Tales from Jozi, Oslo University, Norway (solo)
2007
Belgravia Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2007
Retrospective St Etienne Museum, France (solo)
2007
Happy Hour, Seippel Gallery, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2007
Seippel Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada
2007
Internationale Foto-Triennale, Esslingen, Germany
2007
Biennale Sudafrica – Artisti a Castagnoli, Rocca di Castagnoli, Italy
2006
Drum. Fotojournalismus aus Südafrika, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
2006
New Work - Mixed Media - Painting & Photography – SA University Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2006
Voices from the Land images, Human Rights Forum, Nantes, France (solo)
2006
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2006
The Defiance Campaign 1952, The Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2006
Zeitungsmuseum, Saarbrucken, Germany (solo)
2006
Major Retrospective Luxembourg, Neumunster Museum, Germany (solo)
2006
The Black Fifties in South Africa: Photographs of Jürgen Schadeberg, Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany (solo)
2005
Retrospective, The Imaging Hub Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa (solo)
2005
Die Menschliche Kamera – Jürgen Schadeberg, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany (solo)
2005
Retrospective, Bordeaux, France (solo)
2005
Jazz Images over 52 years, Mareiac, France (solo)
2005
Retrospective, Centre de la Photographie, Lectoure, France (solo)
2005
The Kliptown Snappers: Photography from Soweto, The Horniman Museum, London, UK
2005
Month of Photography, Fifties Work, The Wedge Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
2005
Selected works, The Photographers’ Gallery, Capetown, South Africa (solo)
2005
Selected works, PICTO Gallery, Capetown, South Africa (solo)
2005
Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon Sur Saone, France (solo)
2005
Selected works over 53 years,Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2005
Galerie Tedden, Dusseldorf, Paint it loud (cat.)
2004
Kliptown – 2003. A photo project with the work of 4 students, Kliptown Centre, South Africa
2004
Kliptown 2003 images, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004
Selected works, Pascal Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2004
A Retrospective of 52 Years of South African work, Espace Cosmopolis, Nantes, France (solo)
2004
On the Beach – New Color Work, Gallery@157, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2004
ARCO Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain
2004
Begegnung mit Afrika, Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden, Germany
2003
A Retrospective of South African Work over 52 Years, Goethe Institut, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2003
All That Jazz – 52 Years of Jazz Images, Standard Bank Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2003
The San of the Kalahari 1959, tour of South Africa to eight venues with the Alliance Française (solo)
2002
Surviving Apartheid: From Drum Magazine to the Present Day, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
2002
Environmental Images, PhotoZa, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001
Soweto: A South African Legend, Munich, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hannover, Germany
2001
Jurgen Schadeberg – Fine Images over 50 years, PhotoZA, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2001
Jurgen Schadeberg – Drum Beat: South Africa 1950-94, Axis Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2001
The White Fifties, Bensusan Museum of Photography, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2000
Lengthening Shadows: Culture and Conflict at Mid-Century Chicago to Johannesburg, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, USA
2000
Faced, Carfax Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
2000
The Naked Face, Sandton Civic Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
1999
Maverick, Crake Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1999
Africa by Africa – A Photographic View, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

Literature

2005
Descamps, Patrick. Jürgen Schadeberg – Photographies. Roche-la-Molière 2005.
2004
Witness: 52 Years of Pointing Lenses at Life – Jürgen Schadeberg. Hatfield 2004.
2001
The Black & White Fifties: Jürgen Schadeberg’s South Africa. Menlo Park 2001.
1994
Voices from Robben Island. Photographes and compiled by Jürgen Schadeberg. Randburg 1994.
1991
Human, Klaus and Jürgen Schadeberg. Drum – Die Fünfziger Jahre. Bilder aus Südafrika. Hamburg 1991.
1987
Gosani, Bob et al. The Fifties: People of South Africa. Johannesburg 1987.
1982
Hulme, George (text) and Jürgen Schadeberg (photographs). Kalahari Bushman Dance. London 1982.
English (US)

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