Günther "Jim" Rakete (German: ʒɪm ʁakeːtə born 1 January 1951) is a German photographer,

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, filmmaker, writer and producer based in Berlin. Rakete shot numerous personalities from the German and international music and film scene and politics. His managerial work behind the award-winning musical acts

Nina Hagen Band Spliff was a German band that existed from 1980 to 1985. Their musical repertoire combined rock, funk, and electronic music. The keyboard sounds of Reinhold Heil, and later the electronic drums of the Simmons SDS-V brand, especially defined the sou ...

, Interzone,

Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena (band), Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". I ...

and

Die Ärzte (; ) is a German rock band from Berlin. It consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B and bass player Rodrigo González (musician), Rodrigo González. All three write and perform their songs. The band has released 14 studio albums. ...

made Rakete a decisive figure in the burgeoning

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. Rakete has had extended living and production periods in Los Angeles, California, and Hamburg, Germany. In 2001, he returned to Berlin, Germany, where he remains engaged in various fields including film, photography, writing, theater, music, and production.

Early life

Rakete spent his childhood in

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. At four years old, he was given his first camera, an Agfa box camera, similar to a Brownie, which accompanied him for years. Rakete continued photographing throughout his school years; fascinated by the mechanisms of photography, he spent a good part of his youth working in the darkroom. At age seventeen, he began to work as a photojournalist for local dailies, agencies and magazines, while still delivering newspapers to raise the money to buy his first drum kit. His early band efforts lead him towards his personal pathway into the music world. As the

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extended to

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in the late 1960s, Rakete brought his eye and camera to document the people, settings and discussions emerging at the time; he was a photojournalist by day and a musicians' photographer by night. By his early twenties, he was working for West German newspapers while keeping on shooting album band covers. Between 1975 and 1976, Rakete developed several magazines for Bauer Verlag Munich while commuting between

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and West Berlin.

Fabrik Rakete and Music Management

In 1977, Rakete rented a 300-square-meter loft in the heart of West Berlin's borough of Kreuzberg. ''Fabrik Rakete'', a creative laboratory for music, photography and art, was born. In the two shooting spaces that were built, Rakete's work became crucial for the advancement of the burgeoning

. Through a chance encounter, Rakete came across the remarkable voice of a sheer powerful 4-octave miracle:

Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...

. Rakete took her first pictures in the then barren, newly funded ''Fabrik Rakete''. Shortly thereafter,

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, with which Hagen had already signed a recording deal, appointed Rakete as band manager for the newly formed Nina Hagen Band to focus on the launch of the eponymous

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in 1978. Successful performances in the Quartier Latin and airplay on West German Radio promoted their debut record, which eventually peaked at number eleven in West Germany while also gathering substantial success in Austria and the Netherlands. ''Nina Hagen Band'' was

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in France and it went

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in West Germany. As Nina unexpectedly quit the project, the band was orphan of its main member just as the demand for appearances exploded, with the band still under the CBS deal. Eventually, Rakete, Hagen and the band agreed to record their second and last album,

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(1979). The album went gold in West Germany and France, selling over 300.000 copies in West Germany alone. Despite Hagen's departure, Rakete consolidated his bond with the band, which eventually went on performing under the name

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. The new band (which also included members of rock theater group Lok Kreuzberg) and Rakete embarked on the writing of a small rock opera in the form of a radio show, using the AFN legend Rik Delisle as host,

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performer Alf Klimek "Klimax" as singer, and with the later addition of Dutch singer Josee van Irsel.
The Spliff Radio Show
' premiered live at Kant-Kino on 2 May 1980. Tours ensued, and in 1982 the band released their greatest success, ''

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'', named after the record's catalogue number. Their following album, ''Herzlichen Glückwunsch!'' was released in the later months of the same year. In the meantime, Spliff and the Fabrik doubled in size the roster of artists: the studios were slowly transforming into a veritable Rock ‘n’ Roll hot shop, with new releases by Interzone and the Edo Zanki Band. The Fabrik studios ran ceaselessly with Rakete developing campaigns, shooting record covers or posters by day, while musicians and producers sent out banners and press material across West Berlin and West German media at night. The Fabrik had long moved to West Berlin's

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when the members of Spliff started producing emerging artists. Their first production was the 1983 international chart success ''

'', Gabriele "Nena" Kerner's first album. An instant hit, the Nena Band toured countless European TVs and live stages, while the album's second single ''

99 Luftballons "99 Luftballons" (, "99 balloons") is a song by the West German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons" (), with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released by Nena on the album '' 99 Lu ...

'' peaked #1 in music charts worldwide including Australia, Japan, Austria, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Rakete says about Nena, "she could get anything across without explaining…...That's an ability that is very rare. I do not know anyone of that caliber". Christiane F., writer of the autobiographical account ''

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'', gave a tape of Nena's song to DJ

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who later aired the single on Californian rock radio WLIR, taking the song to #2 on US Billboard Hot 100. "Even if in German, people felt what ''99 Balloons'' meant and that was enoug''...''… It's like a good picture; it's unforgettabl'',''e" Rakete later said about the hit single. In 1985 Rakete's management was chosen to produce Band für Afrika, the West German counterpart of Band Aid. The resulting single record was written by

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and Wolfgang Niedeken and performed by 27 different West German bands and musicians, including Alphaville,

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. Band für Afrika gathered over 150 million

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. Meanwhile, Rakete had met the punk band

and put them in touch with CBS. Die Ärzte went on to be one of Germany's most successful bands. This was the final chapter of Fabrik Rakete, which was finally closed off in 1987. Spliff went on producing music through a new venture. Rakete left the producing desk to fully focus on writing and photography full-time except in 1988–89, when he funded label

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along with former president of Warner Bros. Europe

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and

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's lead singer

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. The label, which specializes in European jazz, is active today.

Photography

Soon after the Fabrik's closure, Rakete began to almost exclusively shoot commercials and fashion spreads. In 1989, Rakete flew to Los Angeles to shoot a record video and album cover for

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's ''Melrose''. A year later, Rakete eventually rented a house in Hollywood, California, splitting his working year between the West Coast, Hamburg and Berlin, shooting video clips, commercials, documentaries and fashion folders. During this period, he befriended and photographed international artists, writers, film stars and directors. With his first 1997 exhibit in Hamburg's Galerie Barlach, Rakete's work begins to regularly appear in international galleries. In 2001, Rakete moves back to Berlin, establishing his new working Studio in Kreuzberg. Between 2003 and 2004, he served as an advisor for the visual design of the German political magazine ''

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''. Similar to

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, ''Cicero'' allowed Rakete to combine his passion for people and politics, contributing with centerfold photo essays. Rakete's first reportage for Cicero was of former German

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's trip to the

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to express his stance against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The photographs were all black & white and primarily shot on a large plate Lintof camera. Rakete shot for Cicero for five more editions; personalities included

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Michael Ballhaus and Jim Rakete at Berlinale Hommage 2016

In 2005, Rakete collaborated with designer Ulf Meyer zu Küindorf and curator Mark Gisbourne on the catalogue ''Berlin Art Now'', published by

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. The English publication includes artists as

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. In 2006, as chief consultant Rakete develops the art magazine ''Modernica'', a supplement of German newspaper ''

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'' dealing with contemporary art with its main focus on photography, design and architecture. In 2010, Rakete documented conductor

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and the

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. Rakete is currently continuing his activity as a photographer, producer and writer. Over the years, his work has captured social and political events, and he has most notably portrayed personalities such as:

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, Joe Jackson,

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, John Malkovitch,

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, Klaus-Maria Brandauer,

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Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

Selected exhibitions

* 2016: ''Burgtheater , Innenleben'', Galerie Einstein Unter den Linden, Berlin * 2015: ''Burgtheater Innenleben'', Leica Galerie, Wien, Austria ''Burgtheater , Innenleben'', Leica Galerie Salzburg auf Schloss Arenberg, Salzburg, Austria ''FACE & FUTURE Gelecek ve Yüzleşme'', STIFTUNG MERCATOR, Essen * 2014: ''IKONEN – Ein Charityprojekt von Jim Rakete und Kilian Kerner'', Schneider Kreuznach, Bad Kreuznach '''Stand der Dinge - 100 Portraits für das Deutsche Filmmuseum'', FO.KU.S, Innsburck, Austria ''FACE & FUTURE Gelecek ve Yüzleşme'', ProjektZentrum Berlin der Stiftung Mercator, Berlin * 2013: ''VERTIGO'', MÜNZING CLAASSEN Galerie, Berlin ''IKONEN – Ein Charityprojekt von Jim Rakete und Kilian Kerner'', MÜNZING CLAASSEN Galerie, Berlin * 2012: ''STAND DER DINGE – 100 Porträts für das Deutsche Filmmuseum'', Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin ''Rockpoeten'', MÜNZING CLAASSEN Galerie, Berlin ''Wir & Ich (für Karuna e.V.)'', Museum Bensheim, Bensheim ''Porträtfotos der Berliner Philharmoniker'', Amthof-Galerie, Bad Camberg ''Jim Rakete – Werkschau'', Kunst- und Kulturzentrum der Städteregion Aachen, Monschau * 2011: ''STAND DER DINGE – 100 Porträts für das Filmmuseum Frankfurt'', Filmmuseum Frankfurt, Frankfurt * 2010: ''Straßenkinder für Karuna e.V.'', Leica Galerie, Solms ''Blicke gen Norden'', Patton Stiftung, Saarbrücken * 2009: ''1/8 sec. – Vertraute Fremde'', Ludwig Galerie Schloß Oberhausen, Oberhausen * 2008: ''Augen/Blick/Porträts'', Filmmuseum, Frankfurt ''1/8 sec. – Vertraute Fremde'', Camera Work, Berlin * 2006: ''Update'', M.J. Wewerka, Galerie, Berlin ''Streetfootball'', Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin * 2002: ''Bleib So'', Haus der Stiftung Demokratie, Saarland * 1999: ''Jim Rakete – Photographien'', Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen * 1997: ''Jim Rakete – Photographien'', Galerie Barlach, Hamburg

References

*Jim Rakete (2015) Burgtheater. Innenleben (Burgtheatre Vienna. Inner Life), *Jim Rakete (2010) Die Berliner Philharmoniker Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, *Jim Rakete (2011) ''Stand der Dinge: 100 Porträts für das Deutsche Filmmuseum.'' Schirmer/Mosel, München, *Jim Rakete (2008) – 1/8 sec. Vertraute Fremde: Familiar Strangers, Schirmer/Mosel 2008, *Ulf Meyer zu Küingdorf, Jim Rakete, Mark Gisbourne (2006) Kunststation Berlin, Knesebeck, *Marc Gisbourne (2006) Berlin Art Now, Abrams, *Jim Rakete and Jeannot Simmen (2006) Totalschaden, B&S Siebenhaar, *Moon Suk (2006) Mond und Sterne: ''22 poetische Porträts'', Wunderlich, *Klaus Hoffman and Jim Rakete (2002) Klaus Hoffmann Sänger: Sämtliche Lieder, Ullstein, *Nina Hagen and Marcel Feige (2002) Nina Hagen. That's why the lady is a punk, Schwarzkopf + Schwarzkopf, *Jim Rakete (2000) Workbook – Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg 2000 (People in the Graphic Arts Industry), ASIN: B00A37VNO2 *Jim Rakete, Rolf Hosfeld, Rainer Wörtmann (1999) Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, Metz ''Europas größtes Revue-Theater.'' Metz, Hamburg, *Jim Rakete, Peter Lindbergh (1997) Photographien 1970–1997, Schirmer/Mosel, *Rene Lezard (Hrsg.) (1986) Jim Rakete. The Complete Key West Session. Lezard, Schwarzach 1986 ASIN: B002BZ9JAO

External links

Jim Rakete on Discogs

Jim Rakete interviewed on slanted.de
(in German)
Jim Rakete interviewed on comeunited.com
(in German)
Spliff feat. Jim Rakete: promo for the live recording of "The Spliff Radio Show"
at the "Berliner

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" on 15 August 1981
A video portrait of Nena by Jim Rakete
1983
Nena on Jim Rakete
1987
Peter Lindbergh / Jim Rakete / Wim Wenders in conversation
at Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf in June 2015 (in German)
Vienna Leica Gallery: Jim Rakete's portraits of the Burgtheater's ensemble
2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakete, Jim Photographers from Berlin 1951 births Living people Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany