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A Selection of Photographic Plates by Thomas Bak. The Photographic Capriccio. (1998–2008)

Thomas Tadeus Bak is a German visual artist, art director, writer and composer, mainly known for his work in photography.

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Biography

Bak was born on April 20, 1978, in Szczecin, Northern Poland. In 1981 his parents emigrated over Denmark to the Federal Republic of Germany and settled in Bremen in 1983. [1] He was entitled as "Germany’s Youngest Draughtsman" [2] at the age of eleven due to his first publication in a German graphic magazine for mature readers and elected twice as the "Official Graphic Designer of the Hochschule fuer Kuenste Bremen" during his studies of Book/Graphic Design and Photography at this university. [3] Bak worked as an art director in European design studios and advertising agencies before he began to lecture the Photographic Master Class of the IAA [4] (International Academy of Arts) at the age of twenty-seven in Germany, France and Poland. His works are featured in various releases for the music industry, [5] including publications of former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy and Dalis Car. He was the youngest photographer ever decorated with the Reinhart-Wolf-Preis and the BFF (Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer) as the "Best of the Best" in 2004. [6]

Bibliography

Primary literature (books by Bak)

Secondary literature (selection)

Exhibition history (selection)

Movies

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References

  1. Haase, Fritz. "Thomas Bak / Das Photographische Capriccio / Blätter aus den Jahren 1998 – 2008" [The Photographic Capriccio / Sheets from the years 1998 - 2008](PDF) (in German). Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  2. TAZ / Die Tageszeitung, 1990 (newspaper interview)
  3. Kalenderbuch 2001: Ein Projekt an der HFK Bremen in der Veranstaltung "Druckfrisch". Hochschule für Künste. 2001.
  4. "IAA - Mappenvorbereitung, Mappenkurse, Kurzstudium und Kreative Kurse". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  5. Thomas Tadeus Bak artistdirect.com [ dead link ]
  6. Manfred Schmalriede, Norbert Waning: Reinhart-Wolf-Preis 2004 ( ISBN   3933989256)