Manfred Baumann

Selfportrait Manfred Baumann

Manfred Baumann (born 1968 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian photographer. He has several different directions of work which are Fine Nude Art photography, celebrity portraits, and landscape pictures.

Biography

Born in 1968 in Vienna, Manfred Baumann grew up in Vienna’s 13th district of Hietzing, where he also attended school. After graduating from general secondary school, he started an apprenticeship at the age of 16 at one of the most traditional shops in Vienna, Julius Meinl, where he also worked as manager for a year. In 1995, he moved to Canada to work as a photographer there. After just two years, he had to return to Vienna, where he continued to work as a freelance photographer. To this day, Baumann cites his grandfather, who was also a photographer, as one of his greatest sources of inspiration. His grandfather was also the one who encouraged his talents as a photographer by giving him his first camera, a Praktica.

In 2002, Baumann started shooting portraits of celebrities. In 2005, he was able to secure a photo shoot with Roger Moore with the help of a friend. This was followed by photo shoots with international celebrities such as : Toni Garrn, Jaimie Alexander, Paul Anka, Tony Curtis, Steve Guttenberg, Juliette Lewis, Bai Ling, Dolph Lundgren, David Hasselhoff, John Malkovich, Sofia Milos, Kathleen Turner, Madeline Zima, William Shatner, Holly Madison, Chevy Chase, Jay Mohr, Michelle Rodriguez, Leah Remini, Barbara Eden, Tobin Bell, Rachel Hunter, Bruce Willis and a lot more.

In 2013, the collaboration with National Geographic Society started

Manfred Baumann is married. He splits his time between Austria and the United States, living and working in both countries.

Work

Manfred Baumann's work is published in different photo specialist journals like the Fotomagazin,^[1] Photographie, Chip magazine or the Digital Photographer Magazine. His pictures though can also be seen in glossy magazines like the Playboy,^[2] FHM, GQ^[3] and the Moving Pictures Magazine.

National and international exhibitions of Manfred Baumann's work include the following

1995 Exhibition "NUDE" in Toronto, Canada
2004 Exhibition "Celebrities" in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich
2005 Exhibition "CELEBRITIES, TRAVEL and NUDES"
2007 Exhibition „America“ in Vienna
2009 Exhibition "VISIONS" in Vienna, Graz, Munich, Los Angeles
2010 Exhibition in Frankfurt – Leica Galerie Frankfurt
2010 Exhibition in London – The Air Gallery
2010 Start with his career as producer and director
2011 Start with his pre-production of his first cine movie^[4]
2012 Star guest at the photokina in Cologne (Live-Photo shootings, Workshops and 130 runningmeter exhibition)
2013 Exhibition “Alive” exhibition in Vienna
2014 Exhibition “Click!” exhibition in Hamburg[4]
2015 Exhibition “L.A.Stories” exhibition in Schladming

Literature

LIVE. Bucher Verlag, ISBN 978-399018186-7
Manfred Baumann Calendar 2013. ISBN 978-3990181409
Sexy Camera Work. Edition Skylight, ISBN 978-3-03766-633-3
Manfred Baumann Calendar 2012. ISBN 978-3-200-02329-1
Manfred Baumann Calendar 2011. ISBN 978-3-200-01958-4
Manfred Baumann - PHOTOGRAPHIE. ISBN 978-3-200-01840-2
Erotic Vision. Edition Skylight, ISBN 3-03766-596-3
Celebrities. Novum Verlag, ISBN 3-85022-580-1
Fine nude art. Media Service Stuttgart, ISBN 3-902211-30-X
Just Naked!. Heel Verlag, ISBN 3-89365-970-6
Top 20 Girls 2008. Mohn Kalender, ISBN 3-8318-1288-8
L.A.Stories. echomedia, ISBN 978-3902-900654
Alte Welt, neue Welt. National Geographic, ISBN 978-3866903654

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 67382318 LCCN: n2003005678 ISNI: 0000 0000 3421 2934 GND: 123777712 SUDOC: 069905347

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