Robert A. Schaefer Jr. Photography

BiographyRobert A. Schaefer Jr. was born in the teeny, tiny town of Cullman, Alabama which is between Birmingham and Huntsville. In 1975 he received his BA of Architecture Degree from Auburn University. Then he moved to Munich, Germany where he studied photography, architecture and theatre at the Technische Universitaet in Munich and graduated in 1978 with a MA of Architecture (Diplom Ingenieur Architekt). During this time he became a part of the Joerg Walter Koch Gallery in Munich and the Ufficio dell Arte Gallery in Paris, France where his photography was put into the permanent collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale. Exhibitions during this time included Amerika Hauses (cultural part of the American Embassy) in Munich, Hamburg, Hannover and Frankfurt; Kulturhaus in Graz, Austria where he was exhibited with David Hockney and Institut Francais in Munich.In 1981 Schaefer moved to New York City where he still lives and photographs. From November 1997 to January 1998 he had a one-person-exhibition at the Aroma Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Titled “Berlin Blau” it contained Schaefer’s newest direction of Photo Giclee. All images were scanned into a computer from a 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ cyanotype image of Berlin and printed out on canvas in…
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PublicationsCataogue: Architectural Blue – Cyanotypes of India and Germany, Archana Press, New Delhi, India, November, 2010 Blueprint to Cyanotype, Malin and Gary Fabbri, AlternativePhotography.com, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006 A Sight for FRESH EYES,” Mitchell Seidel, The Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, USA, August 2003 Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-garde, Abrams, New York City, June 2002 Today’s Spotlight “A Show of optic verve,” Mitchell Seidel, The Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, USA, January 2002 PHOTO INSIDER, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA, May/June 2002 ART: “Elegant Arrangements in gray and black,” Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, April, 2000 Catalogue: RASJR25, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, October 1999 Brennpunkt, Berlin, Germany, December 1997-February 1998 Fotophile – Long Island City, New York, USA, July 1997 Photographer’s Forum (Best Photographers of 1996 issue) – Santa Barbara, California, USA, 1996 Alabama Impact , Catalog – Huntsville, Alabama, USA, 1996 Bilderleben, Art Text – Cologne, Germany,1992 Staten Island Advance – New York City, USA, 1989 Focus/World Press – Netherlands, April 1988 Foto – Netherlands, April 1988 The Art Deco Society of New York News – New York City, USA, 1985 52 Young German Photographers – Munich, Germany, 1981 Grazer Protokoller, Art u0026#038; Literature Magazine – Graz, Austria, 1978…
- AwardsRobert Schaefer’s work was selected by Vicki Goldberg for an exhibition in Annapolis, Maryland; Peter McGill for an exhibition in Toledo, Ohio; and Cornell Capa for an exhibition in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was also the recipient of a Special Opportunity Stipend (SOS) Award from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the East End Arts Council in Riverhead, New York (Long Island’s NorthShore). The money received from this grant paid for the invitations of an exhibition he had at the OysterPond’s Historical Society in Orient on Long Island’s NorthFork. For his SOS Grant he was sent letters of congratulations by State Senator Kenneth LaValle and Representative George S. Hochbrueckner. Robert was selected as a finalist by Photographer’s Forum Magazine (Serbin Publishing) and one of his images was included in their Best of Photographer Issue in 1996.
- Exhibitions & CollectionsOne Person Exhibitions: Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India, “Architecrual Blue,” November 11 – 16, 2010 Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India, “Architectural Blue,” November 18 – 24, 2010 Windows On Columbus, “Virtual Blue,” Jersey City, NJ, USA, September 2009 – February 2010 Montgomery Musuem of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, USA”Portrait of An Alabama Farm,” November 10, 2007 to January 6, 2008 DeFrog Gallery, Houston, TX, USA, “Transition -Two Sides of the Coin” March 11 – May 31, 2006 Chamot Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, USA, “Facelifts” Janurary 10 – February 24, 2002 Robert Farber Internet Photoworkshop Gallery, 1999 Huntsville Museum of Art-25 Year Retrospective, October 25, 1999 – February 13, 2000 Agnes (Gallery) Birmingham, AL, USA, 1999 Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 1999 Aroma Galerie – Berlin, Germany, 1995 u0026#038; 1997 Cycloid Fathom Gallery, 1997 Singer’s Forum Gallery – New York City, USA Oysterponds Historical Society – Orient (Long Island), New York, USA Soho Photo Gallery – New York City, USA, 1986, 1987 u0026#038; 1992 Puchong Gallery – New York City, USA, 1987 2-1/2 X 4-1/2 Fotogalerie – Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988 u0026#038; 1992 Institut Francais – Munich, Germany, 1980 Museum of Fine Arts – Montgomery, Alabama.…
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