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Life
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1933
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Born in Iserlohn. Son of a type-setter and passionate amateur-photographer.
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1947ff.
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after having studied photography work as a professional photographer (journalistic, industrial, advertising)
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1950
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a first desire for first hand knowledge of modern art prompts him to cycle to Paris
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1953
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workshop about "Subjective Photography" with Otto Steinert in Saarbrücken
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early successes with his own creative works, especially portraits taken during his journeys to France and Spain
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1954
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first participation on famous Cologne "photokina"-exhibitions, founded by L. Fritz Gruber
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1956 - 1960
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studies of fine art with Otto Coester and Otto Pankok at Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf
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1959
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"Discovery of the Month" in the New York magazine "Modern Photography""
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1968
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first "photo sculpture" made of polystyrol blocks
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1971
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first individual exhibition in Gallery Niepel, Düsseldorf
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1974
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first four-dimensional sculpture, a symbolically kinetic interpretation of space, time and movement
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since 1975
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public commissions
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since 1973
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professor at the "Fachhochschule Düsseldorf"
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since 1985
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individual exhibitions in Poland, Japan and USA
monumental outdoor-sculptures in Gifu (Japan), Düsseldorf, Munic, Bad Segeberg, Leinfelden and Bonn
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1986
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creator of the famous Beethoven-sculpture "Beethon" in Bonn, which has become a frequently visited landmark of Germany’s former capital
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1994
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David-Octavius-Hill-Prize of the "Deutsche Fotografische Akademie"
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1994
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married to the writer Eva Weissweiler
together with her experimental videos and documentary-films for German TV
Klaus Kammerichs is father of three children and grandfather of five grandchildren. He lives in Cologne and Demerath, a small village in the german "Eifel".
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