Uwe Schögl

 

Born 1965 in Bad Ischl, Austria, studied from 1983-93 Art History at the University in Salzburg. Since 2002 Assistant Director and Senior Curator of Photography of the Picture Archive of the Austrian National Library, Vienna. Vice president of the European Society for the History of Photography (since 2004). Since 2006 visiting lecturer at the Danube University Krems/Images sciences.

Research in Heinrich Kühn and the Pictorialism in Austria, photography in the 20th century, especially on the manifestations of art and photography in totalitarian regimes.

Publications (selection): “Das Kunstkabinett des Johann Caspar Lavater”, Vienna 1999; “Im Blickpunkt. Die Fotosammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek“, Vienna 2002; „Lucca Chmel. Architekturfotografie 1945-1970 Vienna 2004; “Die k.k. Staatseisenbahn von Laibach nach Triest 1857, Vienna 2007. Joined ESHPh in 2001, since 2004 Vice-President.