Robert Häusser (8 November 1924 – 5 August 2013) was a German photographer. Häusser's career as a photographer began in post-war Germany during his time working on a farm. Consequentially many of his first studies included farm landscapes and workers. After moving to

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

he entered into what art historians have dubbed his "light period" (1953–54) due to the "light, often poetic" nature of many of his photographs taken during this time. He exhibited at more than 50 one-man-shows in museums and art galleries in Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, and the USA. He received the

Hasselblad Award The Hasselblad Award (in full: Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography) is an award granted to "a photographer recognized for major achievements". History First awarded in 1980, the award—and the Hasselblad Foundation—wa ...

in 1995. His award citation described his work as "extension and development of the 'subjective photography' genre, which was launched, and won considerable acclaim, in Europe during the post-war years. His graphic and pregnant studies of landscapes and architecture combine a fine simplification of the essentials of his subjects with a quietly threatening tone".

Awards

(1995) * David Octavius Hill Medal (1984)

References

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Robert Häusser tot: Trauer um den 'Nobelpreisträger der Fotografie'
Photographers from Baden-Württemberg Fine art photographers Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1924 births 2013 deaths Artists from Stuttgart 20th-century German photographers 21st-century German photographers {{Europe-photographer-stub