Erich Hartmann  (American/German, 1922-1999) 

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Erich Hartmann Biography
1922   Born in Munich, Germany
1938   Went with his family to Albany, NY as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1954   Member of Magnum Photos
1985   President of Magnum Photos
1999   Died in New York, NY on 4 February
  Evening Classes to complete high school, Albany, NY
  Evening Courses at Siena College, Loudonville, NY
  Photography Courses with Berenice Abbott and Alexei Brodovitch, New York, NY
  Photokina Award, Cologne, Germany
  International Award from Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia, Spilimbergo, Italy
  The Newhouse Medal from Syracuse University
  The Art Director’s Club Prize
Selected Exhibitions
2008   A Place in Maine – Magnum Gallery, Paris
2008   Music-Makers – United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy
2007   Mannequin Factory – Ikona Gallery, Venice, Italy
2006   Writing with Light – Atlas Gallery, London
2005   Writing with Light - Artefact Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2005   Dublin 1964 - Memphis in May - Robinson Gallery Memphis, TN
2004   Dublin 1964 - Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
2004   Security, Privilege and Freedom: A Transatlantic Crossing on Queen Elizabeth South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
2000 - 2002   Where I Was - Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria; Leica Gallery, New York, USA; Sankt Anna Kapelle, Passau, Germany; Jewish Museum, Munich, Germany; Leica Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1995 - 2000   In the Camps, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France; Goethe House, New York, USA; Leica Gallery, New York, USA; NGBK Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany; St. Anna Kapelle, Passau, Germany; National Monument, Camp Vught, Netherlands; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; Villa Cian, Spilimbergo, Italy; Sala San Leonardo, Venice, Italy and other venues in US and Europe
1991   High Technology - shown in Berlin and Bonn in Germany and at other venues in Europe
1989   Musicians at Work - Lockenhaus Music Festival, Austria
1988   Veritas - Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY
1987   Washington - Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
1985   The Heart of Technology - Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Tokyo
1984   Erich Hartmann Slept Here - Residenz Gallery, Salzburg
1983   Macroworld - Olympus Galleries in Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo, London
1982   Train Journey - French Cultural Institute, New York ;numerous other venues in the U.S. ; Paris, Tokyo, Hamburg
1982   Europe in Space - The Photographers' Gallery, London. UK;
1978   A Play of Light - Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
1977   Photographs with a Laser - AIGA Gallery, New York, USA ; Fiolet Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1976   Carnet de Route & Natures Mortes - Photogalerie, Paris, France
1971   Mannequin Factory - Underground Gallery, New York, USA; Fiolet Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1962   Our Daily Bread - The Coliseum, New York, USA; Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., USA; numerous other venues in the US
1956   Sunday with the Bridge - Museum of the City of New York, USA; Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Literature
2000   Where I Was, Otto Muller Verlag, Austria
1995   In The Camps, W.W. Norton Company USA; UK, (Dans le silence des camps), La Martinière, France; (Stumme Zeugen : Photographien aus konzentrazionslagern), Lambert Schneider, Germany; Il Silenzio dei campi, Contrasto, Italy
1972   Space: Focus Earth, The European Space Research Organization and Arcade, USA; L'Europe des satellites, hommes et techniques, Arcade, France
1965   About OXO, Spectator Publications, USA