Evelyn Richter

Evelyn Richter (born January 31, 1930) is a German photographer known primarily for social documentary photography work in East Germany.[1][2][3] She is notable for her black and white photography documenting working class life, which often showed influences of Dadaism and futurism.[4]

Evelyn Richter
Born (1930-01-31) 31 January 1930
NationalityGerman
OccupationPhotographer

In 1992 she was awarded the Culture Award from the German Society for Photography and in 2006 was awarded the Art Prize of the State Capital of Dresden.[5]

Life and work

Richter was born in Bautzen[6] in 1930.

After completing a photographic apprenticeship in Dresden[6] with Franz Fiedler and Pan Walther from 1948 to 1951, Richter worked as a laboratory assistant at the Vereinigte Kaufstätten Dresden and as a photographer at the TU Dresden. In 1953, she enrolled at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB)[6] to study Fotografik (graphic photography) with Johannes Widmann, professor of the Institute of Photography.

In 1955, she was removed as a student for her "independent interests and pictorial ideas which are foreign to the demands of a realistic socialist art."[7] She began work as a freelance photographer, working for such clients as the Leipzig Trade Fair and Sibylle magazine, while simultaneously building a body of work documenting life, work, and societal change in East Germany. Her photographs frequently explored the relationship between industrial machinery and the human (often female) operators.[4]

The Evelyn Richter Archive, with over 730 of her photographs, has been held at the Museum der bildenden Künste (Museum of Fine Arts) in Leipzig since 2009.[6]

Publications

Publications by Richter
  • Arrested Time = Stillgehaltene Zeit. Heidelberg: Braus, 2002. Edited by Astrid Ihle. ISBN 9783899040517. With a text by Matthias Flg̈ge. In German and English. Catalogue published "on the occasion of the Evelyn Richter exhibition in the Goethe Institute in Washington DC, from November 6, 2002 until January 10, 2003, and in the Leica Gallery in New York City from January 30, 2003 to March 1, 2003".[8]

Publications with contributions by Richter
  • Wer War Wer in der DDR?. Berlin: Links, 2010. By Helmut Müller-Enbergs. ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4.

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References
  1. Rein in die Dunkelkammer! – Porträt Evelyn Richter in Kreuzer-Leipzig
  2. "Do Not Refreeze, Focal Point Gallery, Southend". The Guardian. February 4, 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. Rieckmann, Adina (December 2, 2010). "Fotografie: Schloss-Akkord". Die Zeit. Hamburg. ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  4. Medea muckt auf : Radikale Künstlerinnen hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang = The Medea insurrection : radical women artists behind the Iron Curtain. Altmann, Susanne, Lozo, Katarina, Wagner, Hilke, 1972-, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Wende Museum (Culver City, Calif.). Köln. ISBN 978-3-96098-527-3. OCLC 1099843511.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Behind the scenes in the GDR | DW | 16.10.2012". DW.COM. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  6. "Behind the scenes in the GDR". Deutsche Welle. October 16, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  7. Stoschek, Jeannette (2005). Evelyn Richter: Rückblick, Konzepte, Fragmente. Bielefeld. pp. 14–27.
  8. Richter, Evelyn; Ihle, Astrid; Flg̈ge, Manfred; Goethe-Institut Washington; Leica-Galerie (2003). Evelyn Richter: arrested time. Heidelberg: Edition Braus. ISBN 9783899040517. OCLC 52271150.
  9. "Evelyn Richter". Washington City Paper. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  10. Kunst kommt nicht von Künstlichkeit in FAZ from August 1, 2016, page 15
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