Andreas Magdanz
author · photographer
Andreas Magdanz is a German photographer and author who focuses on documenting historically significant sites, often those associated with power, discipline, and authoritarianism. He has conducted extensive photographic documentation of 'Lost Places' and architecture that manifested collective memory and societal practices. His work includes notable series on the former Nazi training grounds at Vogelsang, the BND location in Pullach, and the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison. Magdanz is known for his large-format black-and-white and color photography, which aims to explore the visible manifestations of control and oppression. He has held academic positions as a lecturer and professor of artistic photography at institutions such as the RWTH Aachen University and the HAWK Hildesheim.[1,2,3,4]
- Lost Places
- architecture of power
- Cold War history
- authoritarianism
- documentary photography
Books
Works by Andreas Magdanz
- 2000 Dienststelle Marienthal. Eine Gebäudemonographie Self-published monograph documenting the Marienthal bunker complex.
- Gatzweiler Documentation of the Garzweiler mine.
- 2003 Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eine Hommage an Marceline Loridan-Ivens Photobook documenting Auschwitz in color.
- 2006 BND – Standort Pullach Documentation of the BND facility in Pullach.
- 2010 Camp Vogelsang Kamp Catalog for the Camp Vogelsang exhibition.
- 2012 Stammheim. Eine Gebäudemonografie Monograph on the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison.
Exhibitions
- 1994 Andreas Magdanz, Photograph
- 2001 Dienststelle Marienthal: eine Gebäudedokumentation
- 2007 Camp Vogelsang Kamp
- 2008 BND-Standort Pullach
- 2008 Andreas Magdanz. Vogelsang.
- 2012 Stuttgart-Stammheim
- 2016 Hambacher Forst – Eine forensische Bestandsaufnahme