The Work Of Asimus Of Remmer.
German photographer Asimus Remmer, who served during the Second world war in the Wehrmacht, made in 1942-1943 a series of shots in the Kaluga region.
Asmus Remmer was born 18 Oct 1909 in Germany in the city Langballig D. in Flensburg), the son of the artist Edward Remmer and photographer Bertha Remmer. Finished school, studied photography in the Studio of his mother in Hamburg-Harburg. In 1925, inherited the shop of his mother in Langballig. He worked as a photographer, specializing in portraiture, genre and landscape photography. Was the owner of his own Studio with darkroom. In 1935 began to publish postcards. In 1937 he passed the exam for the title of master of photography.
From 1940 to 1945 was a soldier of the Wehrmacht. He served in the infantry, in 1942-1943 participated in the fighting on the territory of the USSR, then in France. In may 1945, were in us pow camp, where he returned in the autumn of the same year. In 1954 Remmer opened in Flensburg photo Studio, which was later transferred to his son. From 1969 to 1998, he worked in his Atelier in Westerland, printing photos from a private archive and the archive of his parents.
Asmus Remmer was one of the pioneers in the field of color photography. At that time he had a little camera “Portlander”, camera “, Plaubel-Makina” (6 × 9) and a color film “Agfa” for shooting slides.
