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Karlheinz Weinberger Biography
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1936 - 1939 |
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Grammar school in Zurich
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1936 - 1939 |
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Early photographs with a “Five-Franc-Camera”
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1942 |
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Military training followed by active military service
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1948 |
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Begins photographing for gay underground magazine Der Kreiss
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1950 |
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Retires from active club membership; his photographs continue to be published in the club magazine until the dissolution of Der Kreiss in 1967
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1950 |
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Travels to Sicily, Tangiers, Lipari and Lampedusa
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1958 |
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Member of Naturfreunde photography club (Association of Nature Enthusiasts)
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1958 |
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Receives technical introduction to photography
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1958 |
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Begins photographing rebels using a Rolleiflex 2.8
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1964 - 1976 |
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Freelance photographer for Swiss sports magazines Status Sport, Turnen and Sport, and Sport. Continues to photograph tattoos, tank paintings and bikers
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1955 - 1986 |
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Extended unemployment followed by job as a warehouseman with Siemans-Albis
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Lives and works Zurich, Switzerland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2003
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Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2003
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Mark Fox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2002
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Karlheinz Weinberger, Gelebtes Leben - eine Retrospektivea life lived to the full - a retrospective, Galerie Schedler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2002
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Karlheinz Weinberger: Photos 1954- 1995, The Photogoraphers’ Gallery, London (solo)
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2001
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Attitude, Scalo, New York, NY (two-person show)
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2001
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Overnight to Many Cities, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Collier Schorr)
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2000
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Halbstark, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich (solo)
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1999
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Seitenblicke. Die Scweiz 1848 bis 1998 – eine Photochronik, Swiss National Museum, Zurich
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1997
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A Walk on the Wild Side, Mullerhaus, Lenzburg
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1994
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Tattoos prominenter Schweizer Tatowierer, Reithalle, Egliswil (Photo Exhibition on the occasion of the International Harley-Davidson meeting “Easy-Rider-Party”) (solo)
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1993
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Tattoos prominenter Schweizer Tatowierer, Galerie Anita Dosch, Zurich (solo)
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1990
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Fotogalerie Siemens-Albis, Zurich (solo)
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1987
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Tattoo meeting In Zurich, 1986, Fotogalerie Migros Klubschule, Zurich (solo)
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1980
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Die Halbstarken 1955- 1960. Vor 25 Jahren als Zurich halbstark wurde, Fotogalerie Migros Klubschule, Zurich (solo)
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