Weber, Wolfgang 1902-1985

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WEBER, Wolfgang 1902-1985

PERSONAL: Born June 17, 1902, in Leipzig, Germany; died March 5, 1985, in Cologne, West Germany; married Gertrude Bierhals, 1936; children: Cosima, Claudia. Education: Attended University of Munich, 1920-26, and Munich Akademie für Tonkunst, 1922-26; self-taught in photography.

CAREER: Photographer and journalist. Phonetic Institute of the University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, assistant to Erich von Hornbostel, commissioned to record music of the Vadjaggas, Kilimanjaro, Africa, 1924-25; freelance photoreporter, Berlin, 1925-32; Neue Illustrierte, Cologne, Germany, chief reporter, 1946-63; WDR Television, Cologne, and SWF Television, Baden-Baden, Germany, freelance documentary film producer, 1964-81; Burda (publishers), Cologne, photographer, 1964-85.

WRITINGS:

Das Gesicht der Stadte: Barcelona, Albertus (Berlin, Germany), 1928.

Hotel Affenbrotbaum, Ullstein (Berlin, Germany), 1936.

Abenteuer einer Kamera, [Berlin, Germany], 1938.

Reisen ohne Ende—Wolfgang Weber sieht die Welt, [Bonn, West Germany], 1952.

Abenteuer meines Lebans, [Munich, West Germany], 1960.

Auf Abwegen um die Welt, [Gutersloh, West Germany], 1964.

Hinter den Kulissen des Fernsehens, Signal (Baden-Baden, West Germany), 1975.

Der mimetische Erzähler James Joyce Ullyses, Brockmeyer (Bochum, Germany), 1982.

Die USA und Israel: zur Geschichte und Gegenwart einer politischen Symbiose, F. Steiner (Stuttgart, Germany), 1991.*