Erling Mandelmann (18 November 1935 – 14 January 2018) was a Danish photographer. He began his career as a freelance

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in the mid-1960s.

Biography

Mandelmann worked for 40 years as a freelance photojournalist and portrait photographer for a number of Swiss and European publications, as well as for various international organizations such as the

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, the United Nations, and

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. He took more than 500 portraits of people, including the

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, Gertrude Fehr,

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, and Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein. His photo-archives have been deposited at the Historical Museum of Lausanne. Mandelmann died on 14 January 2018 at the age of 82.Le photographe Erling Mandelmann est décédé

Gallery

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Bibliography

*''Miroir et Mémoire'' (Galeries Pilotes/René Berger), Musée des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, 1964 *''Aus einem Mailänder Friedhof'', the magazine DU (CH), 1967 *''Aspects"- "5 ans d'activités autour du collectioneur Th. Ahrenberg.'' Artists Portraits /exhibition catalogue (CH), 1967 *''Un atelier de boîtes à vacherin dans la Vallée de Joux'', Krebs, Basel 1971 *''Der Störschuhmacher im Lötschental'', Krebs, Basel, 1972 *''Hirtenleben und Hirtenkultur im Waadtländer Jura'', Krebs, Basel, 1972 *''Spiegel und Spiegelmacher'', Krebs, Basel, 1973 *''Die Wallfahrt von Hornussen nach Todtmoos'', Katholische Kirchgemeinde, Hornussen, 1975 *''Split and the Croatian Coast'', Berlitz, Lausanne, 1977 *''Copenhagen'', Berlitz, Lausanne, 1979 *''Jerusalem'', Berlitz, Lausanne, 1979 *''Oxford and Stratford'', Berlitz, Lausanne, 1981 *''South Africa'', Berlitz, Lausanne, 1983 *''Dänemark'', Walter, Olten, 1984 *''Toronto'', Berlitz, 1986; *''Moine aujourd´hui'', Migros Presse/Construire, Zürich, 1986 *''Die Schweiz in Genf'', Chaîne, Genf, 1986 *''Une place pour Lausanne – Flon 90'', 24 Heures, Lausanne, 1990 *''Washington'', Berlitz, 1991 *''New York'', Berlitz, 1991 *''Carrières de femmes – passion d'ingénieures'', EPFL, Lausanne 1998 * ''"Rencontres, – portraits de 35 ans de photojournalisme"'', textes de Charles-Henri Favrod et Bertil Galland, Editions Benteli, 2000 * ''"Objectif Photoreportage, – Deux générations, trois photographes"'' Erling Mandelmann, Claude Huber, Pierre Izard, Editions Benteli, 2007 * ''"Ceux de Vézelay"'', Edition: L'association des amis de Vézelay, 2010 * *
Show me

- 80 portraits, 80 stories, 80 years on earth, Call me Edouard Éditeurs , Publishers, 2016
* ''MaVie'', - à travers mes écrits, des anecdotes, des articles et quelques réflexions. Rassemblés pour mes enfants. Z4 Editions, 2017

Exhibitions

*1969 : P Galerie-Club Migros, Lausanne (CH) *1971 : P ''Photo-reportages'', The Danish Museum of Industrial Art, Copenhagen (DK) *1974 : C ''One World for All'',

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, Köln (D) *1975 : C ''RAPHO'', Galerie Clinch, Paris (F) *1977 : C ''The Child of this World'', World Exhibition of Photography (D) *1978 : P ''Lausanne 1900'', Musée des arts décoratifs, Lausanne (CH) *1983 : C ''100 ans FSJ'', Fédération Suisse des Journalistes, Fribourg (CH) *1986 : C Charlottenborg Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (DK) *1986 : C ''l'Histoire du Portrait'', Le Musée de l'Élysée au Comptoire suisse, Lausanne (CH) *1987 : P ''Portraits'' – projection de dias sur une musique de Philip Glass ("Nuit de la photo"), Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne (CH) *1987 : C ''Fête des vignerons'', Musée de l'appareil photo, Vevey (CH) *1992 : C ''Marges'', Dpt. de la prévoyance sociale, Vaud (CH) *1995 : P ''Impressionen 95'', expo pour les 125 ans de la Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire, Zurich (ZH) *1995 : P ''Portraits nordique'', Nordisches Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, Greifswald (D) *1996 : P ''Foto-Porträts'', Caspar-David-Friedrich Institut, Greifswald (D) *1996 : P ''Mennesker paa min vej'' ("Rencontres" – 30 ans de portraits), Rundetaarn, Copenhagen (DK ) *1997 : P ''Rencontres'' Portraits de 30 ans de photo-journalisme, Centre vivant d'Art contemporain, Grignan / Drôme, France *1997 : P ''Persönlichkeiten'', Nikon Image House, Zürich (CH) *1997 : P ''Portraits'', Salon de Sud-Est (l'invité de la 70e édition de l'exposition), Palais des Expositions, Lyon (F) *1998 : P ''Carrières de femmes & passion d'ingenieures'', Pont de la Machine, Geneva; EPFL, + Forum Hôtel de Ville, Lausanne, CH *1999 : P ''Rencontres'', Espace culturel George-Sand, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (F) *1999 : C ''Le pays de la Fête 1999'', "Fête des Vignerons 1977", Musée de Pully (CH) *2000 : P ''Portraits fin de siècle'', Musée historique, Lausanne (CH) *2001 : P Musée de l'Histoire Nationale, Modern collection, Château de Frederiksborg (DK) *2001 : P ''Parcours de femmes'', l'Université de Neuchâtel (CH) *2001 : C ''Hall of mirrors'', portraits from the museums collection, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense (DK) *2002 : C ''Inside the sixties'': g.p. 1.2.3.È Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne *2002 : C ''London in the sixties'', Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Genève *2003 : C ''Vivre entre deux mondes'', Musée historique de Lausanne, 18 portraits d'immigrés *2007 : C ''Objectif photoreportage'', Musée Historique de Lausanne *2009 : C ''Au fil du temps, – le jeu de l'âge'' Fondation Claude Verdan (Musée de la Main), Lausanne *2009 : P ''Ceux de Vézelay – portrait d'un Bourg'', expo noir/blanc, Vézeley (FR)
2010 : P ''Le photographe, le musicien et l'architecte'', Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier/ Corseaux (VD)
*2010 : C ''Portrætter fra museets samling'', Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Odense (DK) *2014 : P ''

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dans l'objectif du photographe''. Fondaton Oskar Kokoschka au Musée Jenisch, dans le cadre du Festival IMAGES, Vevey (CH) *2015 : C "Cimetière monumentale de Milan", Temple de Venterol, with lecture of Dino Buzzati's novel "Weekend" (Le K). P = solo exhibitions; C = collective exhibitions

References

External links

Personal website

Portraits of celebrities

Swiss foundation for photography

Historical museum of Lausanne (Switzerland)

Venterol.net – Erling Mandelmann Photographe

Villa "le Lac"

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