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Peter Zanger 
Portraited by Xiaoli Liu

Born 14th of July 1957 in Frankfurt / Main, West Germany, and grown up in Emmershausen, Taunus-Mountain Weil Valley, he began his professional carreer as bank clerc (1979-1982) in Frankfurt and then commenced university studies of natural sciences (Biology and Geography) at Frankfurt Goethe Highschool (1982-1990) with focus on zoology, entomology, nature conservation and biological plant protection. His studies led him to Central and South America, where he passed from 1987-1989 1 1/4 years during several stages in Managua / Nicaragua as collaborator of the MIDINRA plant protection investigation station, completing his diploma dissertation on pesticides effects of Neem-Tree leaf and seed compounds.

Trained as photography and photolaboratory assistant of the Frankfurt Circadian Rhythm Neurobiological Investigation group NCR of Prof`s G.&G. Fleissner, he opened in Managua during 1988 an own improvised black&white photolaboratory and teached in photography and B&W-laboratory courses to employees of the CENAPROVE investigation station and worked as free-lanced photojournalist. First image publications in the FSLN newspaper BARRICADA and a participation in the 1988 ANN News Agency Contest followed.

Concluded the university formation he worked from 1990 - 1996 under contract as scientist for the Frankfurt Senckenberg Institute, the Darmstadt Governmental Nature Conservation Administration and the International Development Agency GTZ. Since 1993 he parallely was compromised with the foundation of PLAN Environmental Consultants, company that he later refounded between 1999 and 2002 in Bogota / Colombia. In 2002 followed the foundation of CID Investigation in Weilmuenster Germany and the building up of the company departments CID Publishing, CID Arte and Foto CID.

The initial introduction to reflex-camara technique he received by his father, the Wetzlar optician Rolf Zanger, during the 1970ies on an EDIXA reflex camera. Further works have been realized with CANON AE1, NIKON FG20 and RICOH KRx10. In 2003 followed the transit to digital photography with NOKIA mobilephoncamera, YAKUMO MegaImage 67x, CANON PowerShot A640 and OLYMPUS SP-600UZ. Besides self-trained learning of black-and-white photolaboratory technique he received courses under guidance of Dr. R. Nitschke from Paul Ehrlich Institute, Prof. G. Fleissner from Frankfurt Zoological Institute, V. von Brauchitsch and other teachers from Frankfurter Volkshochschule.

Expositions and Competitions:

1988 Agencia Nueva Nicaragua, Managua
1992 Thyssen-Sonnenberg, Frankfurt
1993 Volkshochschule, Frankfurt
1996 Club Fotografico de Medellin
2000 Alcaldia de Bogota
2003 Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung
2005 Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn
2008 Stadtverwaltung Weilburg
2011 World Press Photography Contest, Amsterdam
2011 Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt
2012 World Press Photography Contest, Amsterdam
2012 Galerie im Komödienbau Weilburger Strassen der Kunst

Illustrated Lectures

Galerie Hess, Langgasse Weilburg, 4th October 2012, 19.00 pm

Theme: The Frankfurt Culture Parade 2012 

Publications (except CID-Publishing)

Barricada - Organo del FSLN, Managua, Nicaragua, 

14th and 27th December 1988

Umweltzeitung des VFLU, Wiesbaden, No. 4, April 1988

Gate - questions, answers, information, Eschborn, No. 4/1995

Mitteilungen der Congregacion San Mateo, Bogota, Mai 2002

Weilburger Tageblatt, Edition 4th October 2012 page 16 

Book Illustrations (except CID-Publishing)

Anna Isabella Streissler. Jugendliche in Bogota. Brandes und Apsel Verlag, Frankfurt. März 1999

Awards

1st Price Contest 
`Las Huellas de Espana y Hispanoamerica en Alemania`
Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt 2011



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"Die eigene Internetseite" in "Kolummne UFF DE´GASS´

 

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