
Claus Dieter Geissler lives in Cologne and has been working as a photographer for more than 30 years. Independent on mainstreams and references of the art scene, he has found his very own language of pictures dealing with still life. He works exclusively in black-and-white and with large-format cameras, whereas his main focus is the creation of platinum-palladium-prints, produced in his own dark room. The starting point of his works is always the compositional creative potential of painting. He reduces his motifs to abstract views of simple things of daily use and oddities. Thereby he achieves an awareness of the “less” and the silence. His works are collected by L’Antic Theatre Barcelona, The Photographic Collection of Museum Ludwig in Cologne and many private collections.



1952
1969-71
1975-78
Since 1978
1980
1995
1996
2001-04
Since 2004
Born in Rinteln a. d. Weser
Apprenticeship to photographer
Studio in Bonn; first workings in black-and-white
Studio in Cologne
Examination for the grade of master photographer
Appointment in the `Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie´ (DGPh) by L. Fritz Gruber
Begin of working with Platinum-Palladium-Prints
Studio in Barcelona; Co-founder of the art group `El Palomar´
Studio in Kunsthaus Rhenania, Köln
1991
1998
2001
2002
2003
2006
Galerie Stadtgarten, Köln
Photo Expo, Paris
Still…eben, Galerie Moosgasse, Kempen
Still…eben, Rathhaus Galerie, Königstein im Taunus.
Hand und Fuß, Galerie Moosgasse, Kempen
Still…eben, Historisches Rathaus, Hochstadt
Galeria El Palomar, Barcelona
Platinum Prints, FOTOSPHERE Gallery ,New York
1990
1995-2002
1996-2002
2000
2005
2006
Haus des Künstlers, Moskau
Fine art Forum, Leica/ Wetzlar
Speziell exhibition to Photokina, Köln
90 Jahre L. Fritz Gruber, Galerie Lichtblick, Köln
Barcelona meets Köln, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Köln; Initiator and organizer of the presentation
L’antic theatre, Barcelona
Galerie Fototreppe 42, Hanau
Festival Novart, Hangar en bois, Bordeaux