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Manfred Baumann is an Austrian photographer. He works in different directions which are Fine Nude Art photography, celebrity portraits and not at least landscape pictures.

Biography

Manfred Baumann was born on March 1. 1968 in Vienna. He names till today his grandfather, who was also a photographer, as one of his biggest inspiration sources. It was also his grandfather who supported him as a photographer while he gave to him his first camera, a Praktika.

He grew up in the 13th district of Vienna and attended there the school till he absolved there his secondary modern school graduation. After his school career he decided to start as a 16 year old boy an apprenticeship in one of the most traditional shops in Vienna, at Julius Meinl

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. Also he was there for about one year shop manager. In 1990 he finally started with working in photography and started then to work in professional way. 1995 he break all connections and went with his girlfriend Nelly to Canada

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to work there as a photographer. But just after two years both had to take the way back to Vienna.

But still he kept on with working in photography and tried again to start his own business with photography. He rented a premise in Vienna and started with simple jobs as photographer. The concept worked and so he had after a short time more and more productions. Then in 2002 he also started to make the first steps into the national industry and began to photograph celebrities and to portray them. In 2005 he finally had his international breakthrough. After that shootings with international celebrities like: John Malkovich

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and a lot more followed.

Also Manfred Baumann works into the direction of Fine Nude Art. A lot of his pictures you can also see in his publications. In the course of time his style become very different also in this direction. Today it is more a story which he is telling with his pictures then just to show naked skin. His best Fine Nude art pictures you can find in every year since 2008 in his calendar.

Not at least the landscape photographs are also belong to the work of Manfred Baumann. One of his best travel pictures is a shot of New York, also Sir Roger Moore does have a copy of it.
Manfred Baumann is married with Nelly Baumann. He lives and works alternately in Europe and Los Angeles

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Work

Manfred Baumanns work is published in different photo specialist journals like the
Fotomagazin, Photographie, Chip magazine or the Digital Photographer Magazine publiziert. Also you can see his pictures in renowned glossy magazines like the Playboy, FHM, GQ and the Moving Pictures Magazine

Also Manfred Baumann presented his work till today a few times in national and international exhibitions.

1995 Exhibition "NUDE" in Toronto, Canada

2004 Exhibition "Celebrities" in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich
2005 Exhibition "CELEBRITIES, TRAVEL and NUDES"

2007 Exhibition „America“ in Vienna
2009 Exhibition "VISIONS" in Vienna, Graz, Munich, Los Angeles

2010 Exhibition in Frankfurt – Leica Galerie Frankfurt
2010 Exhibition in London – The Air Gallery

2010 Start with his career as producer and director
2011 Start with his pre-production of his first cine movie

Literature

Manfred Baumann Calendar 2011 – ISBN 978-3-200-01958-4
Manfred Baumann - PHOTOGRAPHIE ISBN 978-3200018402
Erotic Vision. Edition Skylight, ISBN 3-03766-596-3
Celebrities. Novum Verlag, ISBN 3850225801
Fine nude art. Media Service Stuttgart, ISBN 390221130X
Just Naked!. Heel Verlag, ISBN 3893659706
Top 20 Girls 2008. Mohn Kalender, ISBN 3831812888

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