1955 Born in Balve, in the Westphalian region of Germany
1981 Begins study of photo design in Dortmund after earning degree in economics Later, study at the Parsons School of Design in New York Instructor at Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York
2004 Elected member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
Since 2006, instructor for photography at the Ruhr Akademie, Schwerte
2008 "Ohne Limit", Werft11 Gallery, Cologne, group exhibition zzzeppo Gestaltunion
"In memoriam – Reinhold Misselbeck", Skala Gallery, Cologne, group exhibition
"Atlantic Passage", DEW Dortmund, concert for photography and piano solo (Harald Köster)
2007 "Metropolis Portofolios", Almanac Gallery, New York
2006 "Stahlarbeiter", Hoesch Museum, Dortmund
2005 "Vision Panoramique", Collection Dobermann, Normandy
2000 "Zeitgenössische Positionen der Architekturphotographie" ("Contemporary positions of architectural photography"), Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1992 "Transformance", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg + Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bonn, performance with Barbara Heinisch
1990 "New York Romance", Museum for Art and Cultural History Dortmund
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, L.Fritz Gruber Collection
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Collection Dobermann, Normandy
Ruhrland Museum, Essen
Museum for Art and Cultural History Dortmund
Leica Gallery, Solms
Hoesch Museum, Dortmund
Jürgen Wassmuth on his work:
The basic themes of my work are the forms of dialogue between image, time, and space. Space is the movement of landscape - cultural landscape. Through this movement we become aware of three-dimensionality. In addition to sight, this includes other senses such as noise, vibration, and smell. The referentiality to time emerges through my subjective condition; my own being is part of what constitutes the space I occupy.
A perception is not defined by the point of time in which one perceives it. It is defined over a duration of time whose boundaries are in flux. In translating this duration we "feel" time.
Website
www.wassmuth-foto.com
