Peter Keetman
Volkswagenwerk 1953
Kerber, Bielefeld, Germany, 2003
pages 178
first edition
dimensions 40.5 × 30.2 cm, hardcover with jacket
language English
ISBN 3-936646-27-9
ARTISTS
Peter Keetman
He was born in a very wealthy family became interested in the art of photography at an early age, thanks to his father, Alfred Keetman, a bank director. From 1935 to 1937 he attended the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Lichtbildwesen (later called: Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign) in Münch. After graduating he became assistant to industrial and portrait photographer Gertrud Hesse in Duisburg and to industrial photographer Carl Heinz Schmeck in Aachen. In 1949 Keetman was a founding member of the avant-garde photography group fotoform and played a decisive role in determining the direction there so called subjective photography took.
He was born in a very wealthy family became interested in the art of photography at an early age, thanks to his father, Alfred Keetman, a bank director. From 1935 to 1937 he attended the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Lichtbildwesen (later called: Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign) in Münch. After graduating he became assistant to industrial and portrait photographer Gertrud Hesse in Duisburg and to industrial photographer Carl Heinz Schmeck in Aachen. In 1949 Keetman was a founding member of the avant-garde photography group fotoform and played a decisive role in determining the direction there so called subjective photography took.