| Otto Rogge was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1948.
Already at school he formed a close bond with
photography. His interest in Nature and especially
insects and small animals developed his well-known
close-up style. In 1965 the private school A.L.Merz
published Otto's first book on insect lino-cuts. Otto was
then trained at Kodak in Stuttgart to become a colourfilm
technician. In 1971 he migrated to Australia and
continued to work with Kodak as training officer and
later as supervisor in computer services. Otto made a big decision in 1980 when he enrolled fulltime in
photography at RMIT Melbourne, and obtained his Bachelor
of Art in Photography in 1983. Since then Otto has worked
as a freelance photographer, lectured at RMIT and CAE,
has had several exhibitions and won many awards locally
and internationally. He has traveled Australia widely
and has taken part in study-trips to Japan, China,
America and Europe. With an extensive collection, his
photographs are now sold world-wide by stock agencies. In
1992 The Stock Market won an award for the most read advertisement in New York, featuring Otto's computer image
"Kangaroos jumping over Ayres Rock". Also in
1992, Otto featured with two other photographers in a
book called "Landforms" published by Wall
Street Exchange which was reprinted in 1995.
Now Otto has
widened his photographic skills with electronic image
processing, the next generation of photography. In 1996
he was invited as a guest lecturer at the APS Convention
held in Hobart where he presented his papers on digital
imaging. He has published many articles on this topic.
Awards: 1969 Rochester, USA
Silver and Bronze awards - 1977 Stuttgart, Germany Silver
award and W.S. Vaughan award - 1978 Toronto, Canada
Bronze award - 1979 Paris, France 2 Bronze awards, Silver
award - 1979 Australia, Olympus award for best photograph
- 1985 Australia, Nikon Penfolds award for best
advertising photograph - 1987 A.A.P.S. Associate
Australian Photographic Society - 1990 Australia, Best
Victorian Exhibitor in slides - 1994 Australia, Gold
medal, VIGEX international exhibition - 1996 Australia,
Nikon award for best travel photograph.
Exhibitions: 1983 CAE Moore
Gallery, Melbourne, The work of Otto Rogge - 1984 State
Bank Galleria, Melbourne, Colours of Japan - 1984 Kodak
Travel Exhibition, Australia wide - 1987 CAE Moore
Gallery, Melbourne, The Red Centre - 1988 CAE Moore
Gallery, Melbourne, Focus on China - 1988 Doncaster
Gallery, Doncaster, Ages of Red - 1991 - 1997 Nova Hotel
Collins Street, foyer and Guest rooms. Images on
Melbourne. - 1993 CAE Moore Gallery, Melbourne,
Ottographs, computer imaging - 1996 Joint digital
exhibition at 101 Collins Street, sponsored by Ilford. 1999 Joint
exhibition at St. Kevins's College, Melbourne.
Studies: 1968-71 Kodak,
Germany, Color Film Technician - 1971-79 Kodak,
Australia, Photographic trainer, Supervisor computer
services - 1980-83 Museum of Victoria, Photographic
restorations for "Children of the Wilderness",
"The Aboriginal Photographs of Baldwin Spencer'
& "Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land" - 1983
Melbourne, BA Photography RMIT - 1983-95 CAE lecturer in
photography - 1983-86 RMIT, lecturer in photography,
Visual communications. - 1984 Study trip to Japan - 1985
Study trip to Japan - 1987 Study trip to China - 1989
Study trip to New York - 1994 Study trip to Germany
" Foto Kina", Rome and Paris. - 1995 Study trip
to USA - West Coast National Parks. 1997 study trip to
USA, California to Florida. 1997 book: Australia, a
Visual Celebration. 1998 study trip to Germany: Photo
Kina and USA: California & Oregon. 2000 Expedition to Antarctic
Peninsula and study trip to Rapa Nui.
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