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Weiermair, PeterWeiermair, Peter, b. Steinhöring (Germany), April 22, 1944. Photojournalist. Studied German and art history in Innsbruck and Vienna, from 1964 numerous publications on photography and on the organisation of exhibitions. From 1980-1998 manager of the Frankfurter Kunstverein association, 1998-2001 director of the Salzburg Rupertinum (Landessammlungen/Provincial Collections), since 2001 head of the Gallery of Modern Art and of the Morandi Museum in Bologna (Italy). Works: Photographie als Kunst 1879-1979. Kunst als Photographie 1949-1979, 2 vols., 1979; Das verborgene Bild. Geschichte des männlichen Aktes in der Photografie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, 1987.- Ed.: Über Max Weiler, 1980; Medardo Rosso, 1984; Arte Austriaca 1960-1984, 1984; Portraits, 1994; Jean Egger, 1995; Lust und Leere, 1997; Helen Levitt, 1998; Leo Kandl, 1999.
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