Juergen Nogai (born 2 July 1953 in Jessen/Elster, south of

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) is a German

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and

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Biography

Early life

Juergen Nogai began his studies as a Fine Arts major with parallel studies in Film, Theatre and Television Science, and German Language at the

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, West Germany. He then went to the

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, West Germany and earned a teaching degree in German Language and Fine Arts, which he taught concurrently with his career as a free-lance photographer. He maintained his studio in

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, Germany, where he worked for

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s, companies, design and

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agencies.

Career

In 2000 he re-located to

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and began working on numerous book projects for

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, New York and

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, Cologne, Germany. It was during this period that Juergen began his decade long collaboration with architectural photographer

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. They have had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions of their work and Juergen is represented by Craig Krull Gallery, in Los Angeles. J. Shulman, his friend and creative photography partner, died July 15, 2009, and Juergen Nogai retains the

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s to the archive created during their decade long collaboration. His work is part of the permanent collections of The

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and DAM, The Frankfurt Design and Architecture Museum, Orange County Museum, Ca.,

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, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. He lectures around the country and teaches workshops on Architectural Photography at the Palm Springs Photo Festival each spring.

Selected bibliography

*"MALIBU, A Century of Living by the Sea", Harry N. Abrams, New York 200

*"ABRAHAM ZABLUDOVSKY", a monograph book published by Arquine, Mexico City 2005 *"DREAM PALACES OF HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE", Harry N. Abrams, New York 2005 *"CASE STUDY HOUSE #21" - Wright Auction House - Limited Edition bound Auction Catalogue-2006 *"THE RUSSIAN GARBO / STEN/ NEUTRA HOUSE" - Pentagram Publicatio

*"VENICE CA: Art and Architecture in a Maverick Communit

Harry N. Abrams, 2007 *"FELIX CANDELA" - TASCHEN, Cologne, 2008 *"MEDITERRANEAN HOUSES", Harry N. Abrams, New York 200

*"BERNHARD HOETGER", (complete works), H.M. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 1998 *"MAIOLICA and GLASS / The Hockemeyer Collection", H.M. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 2003 *"20th CENTURY ITALIAN CERAMIC ART / The Hockemeyer Collection", Hirmer Verlag, Muenchen 2009 *"SACRED SITES of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" University of Nebraska Press, 2010 *"JULIUS SHULMAN - THE LAST DECADE", Photographs by Julius Shulman / Jürgen Nogai, Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2010, *"JULIUS SHULMAN - HOT AND COOL", Fotografien von Julius Shulman und Jürgen Nogai, ZEPHYR Space for Photography, Mannheim, 2010, *"HOUSES OF THE SUNDOWN SEA: The Architectural Vision of Harry Gesner", Harry N. Abrams, New York 2011 His work has been included extensively in publications some of which include: *"THE CASE STUDY HOUSES", TASCHEN, Cologne 2002 *"BAUHAUS", TASCHEN, 2006 *"WORLD ARCHITECTURE" - TASCHEN, 2007 "Richard Neutra", “John Lautner”, “Rudolf Schindler”, “Pierre Koenig” - TASCHEN Edition *"XL WRIGHT VOL I, II, III", TASCHEN, Cologne 2009, 2010 *"LIVING WEST", Monacelli Press, 2009 *"JULIUS SHULMAN: CHICAGO MID-CENTURY MODERNISM”, for Rizzoli 2010 *"STEEL AND SHADE - Donald Wexler", L. Weiss Bricker & S. Williams:, Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2011, *"COOP HIMMELB(L)AU", M. Mönninger, P. Goessel, TASCHEN Edition, Köln, 2010, 978-3-8365-1788-1 *"HENRY T. SEGERSTROM - The courage of imagination and the development of the arts in Southern California", B. Rychlak, Assouline, New York, 2013,

Exhibitions

*2005 DAM-Frankfurt Design and Architecture Museum-Exhibition with Julius Shulman, Germany *2006 Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery – Frank Lloyd Wright Retrospective with J. Shulman, Los Angeles, CA. *2007 MODAA + SPF: a - with J. Shulman, Culver City, CA. *2007 CRAIG KRULL GALLERY –with J. Shulman, Santa Monica, CA. *2008 PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM -with J. Shulman, Palm Springs, C

*2009 CRAIG KRULL GALLERY – with J. Shulman, Santa Monica, CA. *2009 ArtHAUS, Venice C

*2010 October

Reiss Engelhorn Museum The Reiss Engelhorn Museum (REM, stylised rem; ), is a museum in Mannheim, Germany. It has an exhibition area of , and houses around 1.2 million objects. Facilities and collection The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum is one of the major museums in Mannhe ...

, Manheim, Germany *2011 PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM, "Steel and Shade", D. Wexler *2011/12 Oktober / Januar, "Julius Shulman/Juergen Nogai: Modern Living" Fotoausstellung im ZeitHaus, Autostadt Wolfsbur

*2013 April / Mai Kunstclub Hamburg "blanc et noir", group exhibition (The best work of 18 artists with a lot contrast and midtones) *2013 Mai / Juni Bornhold (Einrichter), Hamburg, "Eileen Grey & blanc et noir", group exhibition *2014 Februar / März Kunsthandel Wolfgang Wener KG, Bremen - Berlin, "J. Shulman & J. Nogai" *2022 April / September Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain / 'Motion - Autos Art Architecture', curated by Norman Foster

References

External links

Juergen NogaiGriffith ObservatoryPalm Springs Photo Festival

KCRW RadioMasters of ModernismFabrik MagazineArchitectural RecordDailytronic / Exhibition MannheimMARK magazine (Dec. Jan. 2010/11)- Interview with Juergen Nogai
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