Franz
Ramgraber

1950 born in Fridolfing (Bavaria)/Germany

1976 - 2015 working in chemical research & production

since 1978 photography

since 1982 work at historical photographic processes

since 1995 focus on Cyanotype and Lumenprint

since 2001 teaching alternative photographic methods (e.g. at Graphische/Vienna)

since 2016 curator at Haus der Fotografie/Burghausen/Germany

extract of some of the last exhibitions:

2013 SchauraumK3 Simbach/Ger

2014 Stadtgalerie Neuötting/Ger

2015 Haus der Fotografie Burghausen/Ger

2016 Fotoforum Braunau/A

2017 SchauraumK3 Simbach/Ger

2024 At Home Gallery Samorin/SK

Main photographic methods:

Cyanotype: Invented 1842 by John Herschel, produces pictures of bright Prussian Blue

Lumenprint: Treating „modern“ B&W papers like Henry Fox Talbot made his PhotogenicDrawings at the 1830s