Manfred Baumann (born 1968) is an Austrian photographer. Manfred is best known for his portraits of celebrities, Landscape, wildlife and Street Photography.

Life and work

Born in 1968 in Vienna, Baumann grew up in Vienna's 13th district of

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. In 1995, he moved to Canada to work as a photographer. After two years he returned to Vienna where he continued to work as a freelance photographer. His grandfather gave him his first camera. From 2002, Baumann has photographed celebrities. Since 2011 he has photographed for DAC, which collects donations for . Since 2012 he has also been an official photographer for

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, for which he has photographed more celebrities. In autumn 2017, his series ''Mustangs'' was exhibited in the

Natural History Museum Vienna The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum ...

. In 2018/2019 the

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exhibited his series ''Vienna'' - Grand Hotel Vienna. In May 2019, Baumann exhibits ''Hoch leben die Wälder'' in the Black Forest, where he photographed 15 Black Forest originals.Hoch leben die Wälder
in Germany - Black Forest Jane Goodall with Manfred Baumann

Baumann's work has been published in different photo specialist magazines like ''

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'' and ''

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''. His photographs can also be seen in the magazines ''

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,'' '' GQ'' ''

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,'' and ''

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Personal life

Baumann is married and he has a son. He lives in Austria. He is a vegetarian and supports different animal welfare organizations. He is Honorary Ambassador of

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with his wife Nelly Baumann.

Publications

* ''Live''. Bucher. . * ''Manfred Baumann Calendar 2013''. . * ''Sexy Camera Work''. Skylight. . * ''Manfred Baumann Calendar 2012''. . * ''Manfred Baumann Calendar 2011''. . * ''Manfred Baumann - Photographie''. . * ''Erotic Vision''. Skylight. . * ''Celebrities''. Novum. . * ''Fine nude art''. Media Service Stuttgart. . * ''Just Naked!''. Heel. . * ''Top 20 Girls 2008''. Mohn Kalender. . * ''L.A.Stories''. echomedia. . * ''Alte Welt, neue Welt''. National Geographic. . * ''my world of photography 1991-2016''. Novum. . * ''Mustangs'' - . * ''Vienna'' Edition Roesner, Krems an der Donau 2018. . * ''Face to Face''. Hatje Cantz. .

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumann, Manfred 1968 births Austrian photographers Fashion photographers Living people