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Walter Schels, born in 1936 in Landshut, Bavaria, is a highly versatile artist. He started out as a window dresser (working in Geneva, Barcelona and Canada) before discovering a love of photography which took him to New York in 1966, where he became a photographer. He returned to Germany in 1970 and worked successfully for illustrated and fashion magazines, and in advertising. From 1975, Schels spent several years capturing the moment of birth in a series of photoreportages for the parents’ magazine Eltern. The process of photographing children only a few seconds old led him to develop a growing fascination with faces. Schels soon became known for his portraits of artists, politicians and other prominent figures in cultural and intellectual circles. For many years he has brought the same intensity to his portraits of animals. Exhibitions - Life before Death 2009 Noch mal leben, Fotoforum West, Adolf-Pichler-Platz 8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (http://www.fotoforumwest.at) 2008 Noch mal leben, Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, CH-3011 Bern, Switzerland (http://www.kornhausforum.ch) 2008 Noch mal leben, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Klosterwall 15, 20095 Hamburg, Germany (http://www.kunsthaushamburg.de) 2008 Life before death, Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK (http://www.wellcomecollection.org) 2007 Noch mal leben, Ehemalige Karmeliterkirche, München, Germany (http://www.noch-mal-leben-muenchen.de) 2006 AmorTe, Máe d’Agua, R. das Amoreiras, Lisbon 1250, Portugal 2006 Noch mal leben, Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, 8532 Warth, Switzerland (http://www.kunstmuseum.tg.ch) 2005-2006 Noch mal leben, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Wilhelmstraße 140, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany (http://www.willy-brandt-haus.de) 2005 Noch mal leben, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Weinbergstraße 25–27, 34117 Kassel, Germany (http://www.sepulkralmuseum.de) 2004 Noch mal leben, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Lingnerplatz 1, 01069 Dresden, Germany (http://www.dhmd.de) Other Selected Exhibitions 2008 Fabelwesen , Fotografie-Festival Horizonte Zingst 2007 Closed Eyes, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Brandts Torv 1, 5000 Odense C, Denmark (http://www.brandts.dk) 2007 Fotografien, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Koln, Germany (http://www.galerieschenk.de) 2006 BFF-Ikonen - ZeitBlicke aus 5 Jahrzehnten, Photokina (http://www.visualgallery.de) 2006 Haus der Wirtschaft, Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19, 70174 Stuttgart (http://www.hausderwirtschaft.de) 2004 Lebenszeit - Walter Schels, Photokina (http://www.visualgallery.de) 2004 German Photographers, Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China 2004 German Photographers, Art Museum, Hangzhou, China 2002 Walter Schels: Das zweite Gesicht, Freie Akademie der Künste, Hamburg 1999 Beuys and Warhol: Collagen und Übermalungen, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg 1997 Jung und Alt, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden 1995 Portraits, Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt 1994 Blinde, Kampnagel, Hamburg 1985 Neugeborene, PPS-Galerie, Hamburg 1985 Tierische Porträts, Galerie der Künste, München 1981 Reportage und Portraits, Nikon-Galerie, Zürich 1980 Masks, Kunsthaus, Zürich 1976 Photographia Surreale, Galleria Il Diaframma, Milano 1975 New York, New York, Galerie Waterloo, Brüssel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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