Andreas Fischer
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Andreas Fischer is a German photographer, filmmaker, and author born in 1961 in Troisdorf. He studied film science, ethnology, and psychology in Cologne and Berlin between 1984 and 1992. Since 1982, he has been active as a documentary and short film producer for cinema and television. Fischer is also an artist and researcher who has worked extensively in museum practices, notably serving as an exhibition curator. He was the primary conceptual designer of the major 1997 exhibition 'Im Reich der Phantome: Fotografie des Unsichtbaren' (In the Realm of Phantoms: Photography of the Invisible), which explored mediumistic photography and artistic explorations of the invisible.[1,2]
Themes
- mediumistic photography
- invisible phenomena
- documentary film
Books
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The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occultauthor
Works by Andreas Fischer
- Im Reich der Phantome: Fotografie des Unsichtbaren 1997 · Cantz Editions · book · German ISBN 3893229426 Catalog for the exhibition at Städtisches Museum Abteiberg.
Exhibitions
- 1997 Im Reich der Phantome – Fotografie des Unsichtbaren Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach solo
- 1998 Im Reich der Phantome – Fotografie des Unsichtbaren Kunsthalle Krems, Krems group
- 1998 Im Reich der Phantome – Fotografie des Unsichtbaren Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur group

