Alois Löcherer Explained

Alois Löcherer (14 August 1815  - 15 July 1862) was a professional German photographer active in the mid-nineteenth century.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

He was born in Munich, and opened a business as a photographer there in 1840, after training as a chemist and pharmacist.

Work

His work consisted of daguerrotypes. It includes "The Torso Section of Bavaria, Munich" (c. 1848), which depicts the construction of the fifty-two foot tall nationalist statue "Bavaria." This image is an early example of photoreportage and is additionally noted for its surrealistic effects.^[3] He also published, together with de:Hans Hanfstaengl, Album der Zeitgenossen (Album of Contemporary Figures), a collection of portraits of current celebrities, each accompanied by a capsule biography. The work was republished in 1975.^[4] Exhibitions of his photographs were held in Cologne in 1980-81^[5] and in Munich in 1998.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Jens Jaeger, "Alexis Lochner" in Lenman, Robin, ed; The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford Reference Online)
2. Franz Menges: "Löcherer, Alois." In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987,,. v.15, p. 25 link
3. Book: Langer. Freddy . Icons of Photography: The 19th Century. 2002. Prestel Verlag. Munich. 3-7913-2771-2. 24–25. registration.
4. Diener, Christian, and Graham Fulton-Smith. eds.Franz Hanfstaengl: album der Zeitgenossen. Munich, 1975.
5. Löcherer, Alois. Alois Löcherer: 29. November 1980 - 27. Februar 1981, Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Köln. 1980 WorldCat item entry
6. Halfbrodt, Dirk, Alois Löcherer, and Ulrich Pohlmann. Alois Löcherer: Photographien 1845 - 1855 ; [anläßlich der Ausstellung ... im Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum vom 7. Juli bis 27. September 1998]. München [u.a.]: Schirmer/Mosel, 1998. worldCat item entry